Molecular cloning and expression of the Caenorhabditis elegans klp-3, an ortholog of C terminus motor kinesins Kar3 and ncd

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 627-639

  Khan, M L A ^a   Gogonea, C B ^a   Siddiqui, Z K ^a   Ali, M Y ^a   Kikuno, R ^b   Nishikawa, K ^c   Siddiqui, S S ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b BERI   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA expression; C terminus motor; him 14; klp 3::lacZ gene expression; Marginal cells

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; KINESIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; INTESTINE MUSCLE; LETHAL MUTANT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONDISJUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNX; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031213741     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1112     Document Type: Editorial

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