The Caenorhabditis elegans unc-60 gene encodes proteins homologous to a family of actin-binding proteins

MGG Molecular & General Genetics

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 346-357

  McKim, Kim S ^a   Matheson, Camela ^a   Marra, Marco A ^a   Wakarchuk, Marcia F ^a   Baillie, David L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin binding protein; Caenorhabditis elegans; Muscle; unc 60

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BINDING PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMAN; INTRONS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028069286     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00280425     Document Type: Article

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