Drosophila center divider gene is expressed in CNS midline cells and encodes a developmentally regulated protein kinase orthologous to human TESK1

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 435-448

  Matthews, Beverley B ^a   Crews, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, LETHAL; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032976127     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454999315150     Document Type: Article

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