A gene whose major transcript encodes only the substrate-binding domain of a protein-tyrosine kinase

Gene

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 317-324

  Kroiher, Michael ^a   Reidling, Jack C ^b   Steele, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Evolution; Hydra; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLY A; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033987311     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00474-6     Document Type: Article

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