Genomic structure of the amphioxus calcium vector protein

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 572-577

  Yuasa, Hajime J ^a   Cox, Jos A ^b   Takagi, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Calcium vector protein; cDNA sequences; EF hand

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALMODULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TROPONIN C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; EVOLUTION; EXON; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0032827532     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022488     Document Type: Article

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