The zebrafish metaxin 3 gene (mtx3): cDNA and protein structure, and comparison to zebrafish metaxins 1 and 2

Gene

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Adolph, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid alignments; Danio rerio; Mtx1; Mtx2; Mtx3; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogenetic tree; Protein domains; Secondary structure; Zebrafish metaxin 1; Zebrafish metaxin 1 gene; Zebrafish metaxin 2; Zebrafish metaxin 2 gene; Zebrafish metaxin 3; ZMTX1; ZMTX2; ZMTX3

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METAXIN 1; METAXIN 2; METAXIN 3; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; THIOREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METAXIN 1 GENE; METAXIN 2 GENE; METAXIN 3 GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 1842861797     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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