Drosophila has several genes for gap junction proteins

Gene

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-201

  Curtin, Kathryn D ^a   Zhang, Zhan ^a   Wyman, Robert J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene family; Innexin; Pas related protein; Passover; ShakingB

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNEXINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033620627     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00123-7     Document Type: Article

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