CDNA cloning of mouse nebulin. Evidence that the nebulin-coding sequence is highly conserved among vertebrates

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 835-841

  Zhang, Jian Q ^a   Luo, Gang ^a   Herrera, Amy H ^a   Paterson, Bruce ^b   Horowits, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA; Muscle; Nebulin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NEBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029957854     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0835u.x     Document Type: Article

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