Drosophila melanogaster contains both X-linked and autosomal homologues of the gene encoding calcineurin B

Gene

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 149-153

  Warren, William D ^a,c   Phillips, A Marie ^b   Howells, Antony J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium binding; Calmodulin; EF hand; Intron evolution; Protein phosphatase

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030600460     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00291-0     Document Type: Article

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