Identification and characterization of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase isoform in Caenorhabditis briggsae

Gene

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Vatcher, G P ^a   Barbazuk, W B ^a   O'Neil, N J ^a   Marra, M A ^b   Ha, T ^a   Baillie, D L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conserved regulatory elements; Evolutionary relationship; Nucleotide sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EXONS; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033574780     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00076-1     Document Type: Article

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