Cloning, sequencing and sites of expression of genes for the hydroxyarginine-containing adhesive-plaque protein of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 172-176

  Inoue, Koji ^a,c   Takeuchi, Yasuhiro ^a   Miki, Daisuke ^a   Odo, Satoshi ^a   Harayama, Shigeaki ^a   Waite, J Herbert ^b  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Byssus; Foot protein; Gene; Mussel; Mytilus

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0029899565     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0172u.x     Document Type: Article

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