Cloning and sequencing of complete τ-crystallin cDNA from embryonic lens of Crocodylus palustris

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-259

  Agrawal, Raman ^a   Chandrashekhar, Reena ^a   Mishra, Anurag Kumar ^a   Ramadevi, Jetty ^a   Sharma, Yogendra ^a   Aggarwal, Ramesh K ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Crocodile; Gene sharing; Lens; enolase; crystallin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRYSTALLIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; ENOLASE; TAU CRYSTALLIN;

EYE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; FOWL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; LENS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DUCK; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS PALUSTRIS; GALLIFORMES; REPTILIA;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DUCKS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAU-CRYSTALLINS;

EID: 0036015002     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02704914     Document Type: Article

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