Cloning and expression of mRNA for calpain Lp82 from rat lens: Splice variant of p94

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 454-461

  Ma, Hong ^a   Fukiage, Chiho ^a,b   Azuma, Mitsuyoshi ^a,b   Shearer, Thomas R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Biology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALPAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RECOMBINANT; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031892439     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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