The Drosophila glucose transporter gene: cDNA sequence, phylogenetic comparisons, analysis of functional sites and secondary structures

Hereditas

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-103

  Escher, Stefan Andersson ^a   Rasmuson Lestander, Åsa ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0345713188     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1999.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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