Isolation and properties of Drosophila melanogaster ferritin - Molecular cloning of a cDNA that encodes one subunit, and localization of the gene on the third chromosome

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 470-475

  Charlesworth, Alexandra ^a   Georgieva, Teodora ^b   Gospodov, Ivan ^b   Law, John H ^c,d   Dunkov, Boris C ^c   Ralcheva, Natalia ^b   Barillas Mury, Carolina ^a   Ralchev, Kiril ^b   Kafatos, Fotis C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Ferritin; Iron regulatory element; Molecular evolution; Sequence

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERRITIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 3; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030791329     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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