Molecular cloning and RNA expression of a novel Drosophila calpain, Calpain C

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 343-349

  Spadoni, Cesare ^a   Farkas, Attila ^a   Sinka, Rita ^a   Tompa, Peter ^a   Friedrich, Peter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calpain; Cloning; Drosophila; Genomic annotation; In situ hybridization; RNA; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN; RNA; CALCIUM; CALPAIN C, DROSOPHILA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037470789     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00350-4     Document Type: Article

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