Molecular characterization of the C-3 DNA puff gene of Rhynchosciara americana

Gene

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-172

  Penalva, Luiz O F ^a,d   Yokosawa, Jonny ^a   Stocker, Ann J ^a   Soares, Maria Albertina M ^a   Graessmann, Monika ^b   Orlando, T Cristina ^a   Winter, Carlos E ^a   Botella, Luisa M ^c   Graessmann, Adolf ^b   Lara, Francisco J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coiled coil protein; Diptera; Gene amplification; Salivary gland; Sciaridae

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PUFF; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INSECT; LARVA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALIVARY GLAND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; NEPTUNIA; RHYNCHOSCIARA; RHYNCHOSCIARA AMERICANA; SCIARIDAE;

EID: 0030848247     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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