Molecular Cloning and Expression of the Canine Metallothionein-III Gene

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-151

  Kojima, S ^a   Shimada, A ^a   Kodan, A ^a   Kobayashi, K ^b   Morita, T ^a   Yamano, Y ^a   Umemura, T ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DOG; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DOGS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032044202     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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