The third and fourth tropomyosin isoforms of Caenorhabditis elegans are expressed in the pharynx and intestines and are essential for development and morphology

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 525-537

  Anyanful, Akwasi ^a   Sakube, Yasuji ^a   Takuwa, Kyoko ^a   Kagawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Caenorhabditis elegans; Gene expression; RNA interference; Tropomyosin gene

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN GES 1; PROTEIN LEV 11; PROTEIN MYO 2; PROTEIN TMY 1; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTESTINE; LACTOSE OPERON; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0035955546     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5052     Document Type: Article

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