LDH-A and α-actin as tools to assess the effects of temperature on the vertebrate genome: Some problems

Gene

Volumn 317, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 157-160

  Clay, Oliver ^a   Arhondakis, Stilianos ^a   D'Onofrio, Giuseppe ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Base composition; Isochores; Temperature adaptation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242290120     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00698-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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