Genomic structure and sequence of the pufferfish (Fugu rubripes) gene encoding an actin-related protein

Gene

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-175

  Venkatesh, Byrappa ^a   Brenner, Sydney ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b The Molecular Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Arp3 gene; Exon intron structure; Expression pattern; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DROSOPHILA; EXON; FISH; GENE STRUCTURE; GILL; INTRON; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN; START CODON; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032574648     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00096-1     Document Type: Article

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