Molecular cloning of cDNA for lysenin, a novel protein in the earthworm Eisenia foetida that causes contraction of rat vascular smooth muscle

Gene

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-102

  Sekizawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kubo, Takeo ^b   Kobayashi, Hideshi ^a   Nakajima, Terumi ^b   Natori, Shunji ^b  

^a ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annelid; Contractive activity; Expression; Northern analysis; Protein production

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYSENIN; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; EARTHWORM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OLIGOCHAETA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; EISENIA FETIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0030918482     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00047-4     Document Type: Article

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