Conservation of the Caenorhabditis elegans cuticle collagen gene col-12 in Caenorhabditis briggsae

Gene

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-186

  Gilleard, John S ^a   Henderson, Douglas K ^a   Ulla, Noreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exoskeleton; Extracellular matrix; Nematode; Phylogenetic comparison

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CUTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COLLAGEN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030874343     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00112-1     Document Type: Article

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