Characterization of the Drosophila melanogaster retinin gene encoding a cornea-specific protein

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 537-543

  Kim, E ^a,b   Choi, Y ^a   Lee, S ^a   Seo, Y ^a   Yoon, J ^a   Baek, K ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea specific protein; Drosophila melanogaster; Retinin

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RETININ PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CORNEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 52049084358     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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