Cloning, sequencing and mapping of a manganese superoxide dismutase gene of the nematode caenorhabditis elegans

DNA Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-174

  Suzuki, Norio ^a,b   Inokuma, Kaoru ^a   Yasuda, Kayo ^a   Ishii, Naoaki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. Elegans; CDNA sequence; Genomic sequence; Manganese superoxide dismutase; Sod 2

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0030606605     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/3.3.171     Document Type: Article

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