Identification and characterization of TESK2, a novel member of the LIMK/TESK family of protein kinases, predominantly expressed in testis

Genomics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-54

  Røsok, Øystein ^a   Pedeutour, Florence ^b   Ree, Anne Hansen ^a   Aasheim, Hans Christian ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1P; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0032853684     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5922     Document Type: Article

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