Sequence and expression patterns of two forms of the middle molecular weight neurofilament protein (NF-M) of Xenopus laevis

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-242

  Gervasi, Christine ^a   Szaro, Ben G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Intermediate filament; Neurofilament; Polyploidy; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE DUPLICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; CARASSIUS AURATUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030764831     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00096-X     Document Type: Article

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