pXen, a utility vector for the expression of GST-fusion proteins in Xenopus laevis oocytes and embryos

Gene

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-29

  MacNicol, Melanie C ^a   Pot, David ^b,c   MacNicol, Angus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

PKA; Raf; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBIN GENE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTO ONCOGENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-RAF; OOCYTES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS, ONCOGENIC; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030815110     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00171-6     Document Type: Article

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