Iron-regulatory protein-1 (IRP-1) is highly conserved in two invertebrate species - Characterization of IRP-1 homologues in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 230-237

  Muckenthaler, Martina ^a   Gunkel, Niki ^a   Frishman, Dmitrij ^b   Cyrklaff, Anna ^a   Tomancak, Pavel ^a   Hentze, Matthias W ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b Martinsried Inst Protein S   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Drosophila melanogaster; Iron regulation; Iron regulatory protein; RNA binding

Indexed keywords

IRON REGULATORY FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME 3; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 1; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 2; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032103264     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540230.x     Document Type: Article

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