Structure and expression of a novel filarial gene for glia maturation factor

Gene

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Liu, Leo X ^a,b   Xu, Han ^a   Weller, Peter F ^a,b   Shi, Ang ^a   Debnath, Indranil ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Brugia; Growth factor; Nematode; Parasite; Splicing

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; GROWTH FACTOR; METHIONINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MATURATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; EXON; FILARIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GLIA CELL; INTRON; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DESTRIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GLIA MATURATION FACTOR; LARVA; MALE; MAMMALS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; FILARIA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031579458     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00585-9     Document Type: Article

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