The Orct gene of Drosophila melanogaster codes for a putative organic cation transporter with six or 12 transmembrane domains

Gene

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 69-74

  Taylor, Christine A M ^a   Stanley, Karen N ^a   Shirras, Alan D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acer; Alternative splicing; Apoptosis; Cell death mutant; lmg locus; Nested genes

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; ION PUMPS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 1; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACER; ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030784590     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00429-0     Document Type: Article

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