Sequence and expression of Drosophila myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyl transferase: Evidence for proteolytic processing and membrane localisation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-156

  Ntwasa, Monde ^a,b   Egerton, Mark ^c   Gay, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Expression; Membrane localisation; N myristoyl transferase

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031045971     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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