Genomic structure and sequence analysis of the valyl-tRNA synthetase gene of the Japanese pufferfish, fugu rubripes

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 141-151

  Lim, Elaine H ^a   Corrochano, Luis M ^b   Elgar, Greg ^a   Brenner, Sydney ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; VALINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COSMID; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIC FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COSMIDS; FISHES, POISONOUS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VALINE-TRNA LIGASE;

ANIMALIA; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0030833735     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179709034030     Document Type: Article

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