Evidence for alternative splicing and developmental regulation of the Drosophila melanogaster Mgat2 ( N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase II) gene

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 312, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1372-1376

  Tsitilou, Sonia G ^a   Grammenoudi, Sofia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER ALEXANDER FLEMING   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternative transcripts; Brain expression; Developmental regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMAL; MGAT2 GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0345357657     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.059     Document Type: Article

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