The S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase of Drosophila melanogaster: Identification, deduced amino acid sequence and cytological localization of the structural gene

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 492-498

  Caggese, C ^a   Ragone, G ^a   Barsanti, P ^a   Moschetti, R ^a   Messina, A ^b   Massari, S ^a   Caizzi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Cytological mapping; Drosophila melanogaster; S adenosyl L homocysteine hydrolase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYDROLASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCATION; HYDROLYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRUCTURAL GENE; X CHROMOSOME;

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HYDROLASES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031018917     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050348     Document Type: Article

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