Isolation, characterization and evolution of nine pufferfish (Fugu rubripes) actin genes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 655-665

  Venkatesh, B ^a   Tay, B H ^a   Elgar, G ^b   Brenner, S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin genes; Evolution of actins; Expression pattern; Fugu rubripes; Gene structure

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTIN; BETA ACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GILL; HEART MUSCLE; INTRON; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; TELEOST; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030596507     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0347     Document Type: Article

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