Molecular cloning and expression analysis of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor of Xenopus laevis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 595-599

  Ohi, Hiroaki ^a   Fujita, Yoshiaki ^a   Miyao, Makiko ^a   Saguchi, Ken Ichi ^a   Murayama, Nobuhiro ^a   Higuchi, Shigesada ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0042672552     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01244-0     Document Type: Article

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