The lens protein α-B-crystallin of the blind subterranean mole-rat: High homology with sighted mammals

Gene

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-49

  Avivi, Aaron ^a   Joel, Alma ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alpha B Crystallin; Blind subterranean mole rat; cDNA cloning; Expression; Phylogenetic tree; Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; LENS; MOLE RAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLINDNESS; CRYSTALLINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLE RATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA; NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI; SPALACINAE; SPALAX; SPALAX GALILI; SPALAX JUDAEI;

EID: 0035819541     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00603-X     Document Type: Article

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