Conserved features of selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) elements in selenoprotein W cDNAs from five species

Gene

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-196

  Gu, Q P ^a   Beilstein, M A ^a   Vendeland, S C ^a   Lugade, A ^a   Ream, W ^a   Whanger, P D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Monkey; Mouse; Muscle protein; Rat; RNA folding; Sheep; Translation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; SELENOCYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CODON; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY; SHEEP; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; SELENOPROTEIN W; SELENOPROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA; MACACA MULATTA; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030740168     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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