Sequence, expression and evolutionary relationships of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I in the toad Xenopus laevis

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-175

  Lindley, Timothy E ^a   Laberge, Tammy ^b   Hall, Aaron ^a   Hewett Emmett, David ^c   Walsh, Patrick J ^b   Anderson, Paul M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANURA; EUKARYOTA; PISCES; PROKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33847788595     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.364     Document Type: Article

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