The pore-forming and cytoplasmic domains of the neurogenic gene product, BIG BRAIN, are conserved between Drosophila virilis and Drosophila melanogaster

Gene

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-76

  Burris, Patricia A ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Rusconi, Jamie C ^a   Corbin, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell determination; Glutamine repeats; Lateral inhibition; MIP family; Molecular evolution; Notch pathway

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; EMBRYO; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; DNA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032484691     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00567-2     Document Type: Article

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