Molecular identification of a murine ubiquitin/60S ribosomal fusion protein and expression study in mouse kidney

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 139-147

  Sun, Lin ^a   Wüthrich, Rudolf P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fusion gene; Kidney; Mouse; Ribosomes; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYUBIQUITIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KIDNEY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; UBIQUITINS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0344994583     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018778320235     Document Type: Article

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