Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of a novel retinal clusterin-like protein cDNA

Gene

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 151-160

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Ray, Kunal ^a,b   Acland, Gregory M ^a   Czarnecki, Jill M ^a   Aguirre, Gustavo D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Clusterin like protein; Dog; Retina; Retinal degeneration; Transcript

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DOG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTERIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033953495     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00542-9     Document Type: Article

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