Organization of the genetic locus for chicken myosin light chain kinase is complex: Multiple proteins are encoded and exhibit differential expression and localization

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 402-413

  Birukov, Konstantin G ^a   Schavocky, James P ^a   Shirinsky, Vladimir P ^b   Chibalina, Margarita V ^b   Van Eldik, Linda J ^a   Watterson, D Martin ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calmodulin; Development; Genome; Heart; Immunohistochemistry; Protein kinase; Signal transduction; Smooth muscle; Tissue selective

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; DNA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GIZZARD; HEART; INTESTINES; INTRONS; ISOENZYMES; KINESIN; LUNG; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031904240     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19980901)70:3<402::AID-JCB13>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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