A new metallothionein gene from the giant keyhole limpet Megathura crenulata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-137

  Lieb, Bernhard ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cd MTs; cDNA; Copper binding proteins; Cu MTs; Exon shuffling; Gene; Invertebrate; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOPROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN III; TETRAPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; HELIX POMATIA; MOLLUSC; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HELIX POMATIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MEGATHURA CRENULATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0037235962     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00215-6     Document Type: Article

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