A novel myosin-like protein (myocilin) expressed in the connecting cilium of the photoreceptor: Molecular cloning, tissue expression, and chromosomal mapping

Genomics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 360-369

  Kubota, Ryo ^a   Noda, Setsuko ^b   Wang, Yimin ^a   Minoshima, Shinsei ^a   Asakawa, Shuichi ^a   Kudoh, Jun ^a   Mashima, Yukihiko ^a   Oguchi, Yoshihisa ^a   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MYOCILIN; MYOSIN LIKE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROEPITHELIUM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031149050     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4682     Document Type: Article

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