Expression of the GPDH-4 isozyme of sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in three Drosophila species

Heredity

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 390-395

  Wilanowski, Tomasz M ^a   Yoong, Simon H S ^b   Bartoszewski, Slawomir ^c   Gibson, John B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Drosophila; Evolution; GPDH; Isozyme

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIANCE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INSECT GENETICS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIABILITY; ISOENZYME; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD+); GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOENZYMES; LARVA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA BUSCKII; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032190848     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6883890     Document Type: Article

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