Ribonuclease k6: Chromosomal mapping and divergent rates of evolution within the RNase A gene superfamily

Genome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 599-607

  Deming, Madeleine S ^a   Dyer, Kimberly D ^a   Bankier, Alan T ^b   Piper, Michael B ^b   Dear, Paul H ^b   Rosenberg, Helene F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; NEUROTOXIN; RIBONUCLEASE A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; APE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; MONKEY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031854494     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.8.6.599     Document Type: Article

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