cDNA Cloning of Tropomyosin from the Anterior Byssus Retractor Muscle of Mussel and Its Structural Integrity from the Deduced Amino Acid Sequence

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 731-734

  Iwasaki, Keiko ^a   Kikuchi, Kiyoshi ^a   Funabara, Daisuke ^a   Watabe, Shugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Anterior byssus retractor muscle; cDNA cloning; Coiled coil structure; Mitylus edulis galloprovincialis; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0000185180     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.731     Document Type: Article

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