Genomic structure and sequence of the pufferfish (Fugu rubripes) growth hormone-encoding gene: A comparative analysis of teleost growth hormone genes

Gene

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-215

  Venkatesh, Byrappa ^a   Brenner, Sydney ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Evolution; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction; Satellite sequences

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXON; FISH; FLATFISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE STRUCTURE; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELEOST; TILAPIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA; FISHES; FISHES, POISONOUS; GROWTH HORMONE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AROTHRON SP. BV-1996; CARASSIUS AURATUS; COLISA LALIA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; POECILIA RETICULATA; SALMONIDAE; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODONTIDAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 0030889358     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00750-0     Document Type: Article

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