Structure and expression of the Aplysia polyubiquitin gene

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 424-428

  Hegde, Ashok N ^a   Broome, Bede M ^a   Qiang, Ming ^a   Schwartz, James H ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia neuron; Long term facilitation; Polyubiquitin gene; Serotonin; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

POLYUBIQUITIN; SEROTONIN;

APLYSIA; FACILITATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNAPSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYUBIQUITIN; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; UBIQUITINS;

APLYSIA;

EID: 0034728680     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(00)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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