Cloning and sequencing of an α-tubulin cDNA from Artemia franciscana: Evidence for translational regulation of α-tubulin synthesis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1442, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 419-426

  Zheng, Yi ^a,d   Roy, Peter J ^b,d   Liang, Ping ^c,d   MacRae, Thomas H ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Tubulin gene; Brine shrimp; Translational regulation; Tubulin isoform

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBULIN;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI;

EID: 0032497820     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(98)00192-4     Document Type: Article

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