The Catalytic Subunits of Ser/Thr Protein Phosphatases from Caenorhabditis elegans

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 317-324

  Zeke, Tamás ^a   Gergely, Pál ^a   Dombrádi, Viktor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; DNA sequencing; Polymerase chain reaction; Protein phosphatase activity; Protein phosphatase genes

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0031922539     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00341-6     Document Type: Article

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