A globin gene of Drosophila melanogaster [1]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1809-1811

  Burmester, Thorsten ^b   Hankeln, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chironomus; Drosophila; Hemoglobin; Intron; Oxygen transport

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; INTRON; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032752859     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026093     Document Type: Letter

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