Conservation of 3' untranslated region elements in tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) TNF-α mRNA

Immunogenetics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 464-467

  Harrison, Gavan A ^a,b   Broughton, Mark J ^b   Young, Lauren J ^a   Cooper, Desmond W ^b   Deane, Elizabeth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Gene regulation; Marsupial; Tammar wallaby; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MACROPODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032922450     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050521     Document Type: Article

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