The Drosophila ebony gene is closely related to microbial peptide synthetases and shows specific cuticle and nervous system expression

Gene

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Hovemann, Bernhard T ^a   Ryseck, Rolf Peter ^b   Walldorf, Uwe ^c   Störtkuhl, Klemens F ^d   Dietzel, Irmgard D ^d   Dessen, Eliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

cDNA sequence; Gene structure; Peptide synthetases; Synaptic transmission; Tissue specific expression; Visual signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; BETA ALANYLDOPAMINE SYNTHETASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; DOPAMINE; EBONY PROTEIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032500899     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00440-5     Document Type: Article

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