Characterization of metallothioneins (MT-I and MT-II) in the yak

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1357-1362

  Wu, J P ^a   Ma, B Y ^a,b,c   Ren, H W ^b   Zhang, L P ^a   Xiang, Y ^d   Brown, M A ^e  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA; Characterization; Metallothioneins; Structure; Yak

Indexed keywords

BOS GRUNNIENS; MAMMALIA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 34249861543     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-291     Document Type: Article

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