Two alternatively spliced transcripts from the Drosophila period gene rescue rhythms having different molecular and behavioral characteristics

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 6505-6514

  Cheng, Yuzhong ^a,c   Gvakharia, Barbara ^a,d   Hardin, Paul E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLICEOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031740338     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.11.6505     Document Type: Article

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