Conservation of the Caenorhabditis elegans timing gene clk-1 from yeast to human: A gene required for ubiquinone biosynthesis with potential implications for aging

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1000-1004

  Vajo, Zoltan ^a,b,d   King, Lynn M ^a   Jonassen, Tanya ^c   Wilkin, Douglas J ^a   Ho, Nicola ^a   Munnich, Arnold ^b   Clarke, Catherine F ^c   Francomano, Clair A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UBIQUINONE; YEASTS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032886468     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359901147     Document Type: Article

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