sn-Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in the honey bee Apis mellifera - An unusual phenotype associated with the loss of introns

Gene

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Wilanowski, Tomasz M ^a   Gibson, John B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Evolution; Gpdh; Incomplete splicing; Processed pseudogene; Reverse transcription

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, INSECT; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTRONS; ISOENZYMES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032536847     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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