The Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral gene unc-24 encodes a novel bipartite protein similar to both erythrocyte band 7.2 (stomatin) and nonspecific lipid transfer protein

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-57

  Barnes, T M ^a   Jin, Y ^b   Horvitz, H R ^b   Ruvkun, G ^c   Hekimi, S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Behavior; Lipid transfer proteins; Molecular cloning; Nervous system mutations; Stomatin

Indexed keywords

LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029886763     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67010046.x     Document Type: Article

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