Characterization of a ribonuclease gene and encoded protein from the reptile, Iguana iguana

Gene

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 36-44

  Nitto, Takeaki ^a   Lin, Cynthia ^a   Dyer, Kimberly D ^a   Wagner, Robert A ^b   Rosenberg, Helene F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme; Evolution; Reptile; Ribonuclease; Ribonucleic acid

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; GENOMIC DNA; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; PANCREAS ENZYME; PLACENTA ENZYME; RIBONUCLEASE A; TRANSFER RNA;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; INTRON; LIZARD; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PANCREAS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TURTLE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IGUANAS; K562 CELLS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20444370240     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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