Cloning and expression of cDNA encoding a human ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme similar to the Drosophila bendless gene product

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 494-497

  Yamaguchi, Tomoko ^a   Kim, Nam Soon ^a   Sekine, Shingo ^a   Seino, Hiroaki ^b   Osaka, Fumio ^b   Yamao, Fumiaki ^b   Kato, Seishi ^a  

^a SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial expression; cDNA; Human homolog; Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; THIOESTER; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HEART; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029761411     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021440     Document Type: Article

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