Sequence comparison of ACE-1, the gene encoding acetylcholinesterase of class A, in the two nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis briggsae

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 217-227

  Grauso, Marta ^a,b   Culetto, Emmanuel ^a   Berge, Jean Baptiste ^a   Toutant, Jean Pierre ^a   Arpagaus, Martine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Caenorhabditis briggsae; Caenorhabditis elegans; codon usage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, HELMINTH; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030481205     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179609008446     Document Type: Article

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