Characterization of a multimer type III antifreeze protein gene from the Antarctic eel pout(Lycodichthys dearborni)

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 789-794

  Yu, Jing ^a,b   Cheng, Chi Hing C ^c   DeVries, Arthur L ^c   Chen, Liang Biao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic eel pout; Gene family evolution; Polyprotein; Tandem repeats; Type III antifreeze protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; EEL; EVOLUTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS, TYPE III; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EELS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYPROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

LYCODICHTHYS DEARBORNI; PISCES;

EID: 23944463137     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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