The role of protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit Cα in embryogenesis: Evidence from sequence analysis and localization studies

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1117-1120

  Götz, Jürgen ^a   Kues, Wilfried ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neural fold; Protein phosphatase 2A; Whole mount immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GASTRULATION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0344132601     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.139     Document Type: Article

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