The RNA-binding protein gene, hermes, is expressed at high levels in the developing heart

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-86

  Gerber, Wendy V ^a   Yatskievych, Tatiana A ^b   Antin, Parker B ^b   Correia, Kristen M ^c   Conlon, Ronald A ^c   Krieg, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hermes; RNA recognition motif; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIPHYSIS DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; KIDNEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; HEART; KIDNEY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032959348     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00195-6     Document Type: Article

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