A highly conserved nematode protein folding operon in Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis briggsae

Gene

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-275

  Page, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclophilin; Protein disulphide isomerase

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA FLANKING REGION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE-ISOMERASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033574727     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00102-X     Document Type: Article

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