Reptilian transferrins: Evolution of disulphide bridges and conservation of iron-binding center

Gene

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-38

  Ciuraszkiewicz, Justyna ^a   Biczycki, Marian ^b   Maluta, Aleksandra ^c   Martin, Samuel ^d   Watorek, Wiesław ^a   Olczak, Mariusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c Animal Clinic   (Poland)

^d La Ferme aux Crocodiles   (France)

Author keywords

Disulphide bridge; Evolution; Iron binding protein; Molecular phylogeny; Reptiles; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; OVOTRANSFERRIN; SEROTRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLIGATOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEARDED DRAGON; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHAMELEON; DISULFIDE BOND; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; IRON CHELATION; IRON TRANSPORT; LIZARD; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; TURKEY (BIRD);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCOSYLATION; IRON; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; SOLUBILITY; TRANSFERRIN;

ANOLIS SAGREI; AVES; CHAMAELEONIDAE; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; GEKKONIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA PARDUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34249296343     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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