Structural organization and developmental expression of the protein isoaspartyl methyltransferase gene from Drosophila melanogaster

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-54

  O'Connor, Miriam B ^a   Galus, Aaron ^b   Hartenstine, Michael ^b   Magee, Melanie ^b   Jackson, F Rob ^b   O'Connor, Clare M ^a,b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Isoaspartate; Methylation; Methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN-D-ASPARTATE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOLOGY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETICS; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN D-ASPARTATE-L-ISOASPARTATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0031050646     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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