A phenylalanine hydroxylase gene from the nematode C. elegans is expressed in the hypodermis

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-180

  Loer, Curtis M ^a,b,c   Davidson, Brian ^b   McKerrow, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic amino acid hydroxylase; Cuticle; Pterin dependent monooxygenase; Tryptophan hydroxylase; Tyrosine cross linking; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032710163     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01677069909083472     Document Type: Article

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