Structural characteristics of bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) transthyretin and its cDNA. Comparison of its pattern of expression during metamorphosis with that of lipocalin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-296

  Yamauchi, Kiyoshi ^a   Takeuchi, Hiro Aki ^a   Overall, Maree ^b   Dziadek, Marie ^b   Munro, Sharon L A ^b   Schreiber, Gerhard ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana); Lipocalin; Metamorphosis; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPOCALIN; MESSENGER RNA; PREALBUMIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BULLFROG; CHICKEN; CHOROID PLEXUS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARD; MAMMAL; METAMORPHOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; RAT; REPTILE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SWINE; TADPOLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RANA CATESBEIANA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THYROID HORMONES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; RANA CATESBEIANA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031671848     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2560287.x     Document Type: Article

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