The Acer gene of Drosophila codes for an angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue

Gene

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 191-197

  Taylor, Christine A M ^a   Coates, David ^b   Shirras, Alan D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dipeptidyl dipeptidase; Dna sequencing; Gene duplication; Heart; Metalloproteinase; Zn2+ binding motif

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DUPLICATION; HEART; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACER; ARTHROPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0000049249     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00503-3     Document Type: Article

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