Molecular cloning and characterization of Drosophila ornithine aminotransferase gene

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-17

  Yoshida, Kiyohito M ^a   Juni, Naoto ^a,b   Hori, Samuel H ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; LARVA; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORNITHINE-OXO-ACID TRANSAMINASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031009849     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.72.9     Document Type: Article

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