Cloning, characterisation and expression of the α-tubulin genes of the leech, Hirudo medicinalis

Gene

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Fedorov, Alexei ^a,b   Johnston, Heather ^c   Korneev, Sergei ^a   Blackshaw, Susanna ^d   Davies, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene conversion; Neuronal regeneration; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEECH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TUBULIN;

ARTHROPODA; HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 0033521867     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00603-9     Document Type: Article

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