Molecular cloning of two novel rab genes from human melanocytes

Gene

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-134

  Chen, David ^a   Guo, Juanru ^a   Miki, Toru ^b   Tachibana, Masayoshi ^c   Gahl, William A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense body; GTPase; Lysosome; Melanosome; Membranes; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MESSENGER RNA; RAB PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030603226     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00509-4     Document Type: Article

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