Molecular cloning of cdna for brab from the brain of bombyx mori and biochemical properties of brab expressed in escherichia coli

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1885-1891

  Uno, Tomohide ^a   Ueno, Mayumi ^a   Nakajima, Ayumi ^a   Shirai, Yasuhito ^a   Aizono, Yasuo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Cdna cloning; Small GTP binding protein

Indexed keywords

BRAB PROTEIN, BOMBYX MORI; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032176418     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1885     Document Type: Article

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