Gene structure and sequence comparisons of the eye lens specific protein, filensin, from rat and mouse: Implications for protein classification and assembly

Gene

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 11-20

  Masaki, S ^a   Quinlan, R A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crystallin; Beaded filament; CP49; Cytoskeleton; Intermediate filaments

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN; LAMIN A; LENS PROTEIN; PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTOSKELETON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTRON; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030693791     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00419-8     Document Type: Article

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