Exclusive expression of C. elegans osm-3 kinesin gene in chemosensory neurons open to the external environment

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 377-389

  Tabish, Mohammad ^a   Siddiqui, Zeba Kidwai ^a   Nishikawa, Ken ^b   Siddiqui, Shahid S ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exposed chemosensory neurons; Gene expression; Kinesin mutants; osm 3::lacZ fusion gene; Rod region homology

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; EZRIN; KINESIN; MYOSIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; NERVE ENDING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHAGEMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEA URCHIN; SENSORY NERVE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0028955514     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.0146     Document Type: Editorial

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