The dystrophin/utrophin homologues in Drosophila and in sea urchin

Gene

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 17-29

  Neuman, Sara ^a   Kaban, Alex ^a   Volk, Talila ^a   Yaffe, David ^a   Nudel, Uri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Dystrophin; Gene evolution; Sea urchin; Utrophin

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; UTROPHIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DYSTROPHIN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEA URCHINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UTROPHIN;

ECHINOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035941476     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00584-9     Document Type: Article

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