Identification of Epi-1 locus as a laminin α chain gene in the nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans and characterization of Epi-1 mutant alleles

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 10, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 207-217

  Zhu, Xike ^a   Joh, Keiichiro ^a   Hedgecock, Edward M ^b   Hori, Katsuji ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; epi 1 locus; laminin chain

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BASE PAIRING; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCING; LAMININ ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT; OPEN READING FRAME; RNA SPLICING; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; LAMININ; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033490307     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179909033950     Document Type: Article

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