A highly conserved sequence in the 3'-untranslated region of the Drosophila Adh gene plays a functional role in Adh expression

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 667-674

  Parsch, John ^a,b,c   Stephan, Wolfgang ^b,c   Tanda, Soichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032909883     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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