The new gene DmX from Drosophila melanogaster encodes a novel WD-repeat protein

Gene

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-276

  Kraemer, Christiane ^a   Weil, Bernd ^a   Christmann, Markus ^a   Schmidt, Erwin R ^a  

^a Inst for Molecular Biophysics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Chironomus; Gene structure; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOSAICISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN; X CHROMOSOME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032584990     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00347-3     Document Type: Article

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