Molecular cloning of sheep connexin49 and its identity with MP70

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-314

  Yang, Ding I ^a   Louis, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexins; Fiber cells; Gap junctions; Gene; Lens; Sheep

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE LIBRARY; LENS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP;

EID: 0029877202     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609007625     Document Type: Article

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