A Dictyostelium discoideum homologue to Tcp-1 is essential for growth and development

Gene

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 101-106

  Iijima, Miho ^a   Shimizu, Hajime ^a   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^a   Urushihara, Hideko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense mutagenesis; Chaperonin containing TCP 1; Essential gene; Gamete cDNA

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYPEPTIDE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHAPERONINS; DICTYOSTELIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032526148     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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