Sequence and expression of chicken βA2- and βB3-crystallins

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-120

  Duncan, Melinda K ^a   Banerjee Basu, Sharmila ^a   McDermott, Joan B ^a,b   Piatigorsky, Joram ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallins; Development; Evolution; Eye; Gene duplication; Gene expression; Lens

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CRYSTALLINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0029939103     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0013     Document Type: Article

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