A cluster of cuticle protein genes of Drosophila melanogaster at 65A: Sequence, structure and evolution

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1213-1224

  Charles, Jean Philippe ^a   Chihara, Carol ^b   Nejad, Shamim ^a   Riddiford, Lynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030671264     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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