Genomic structure and expression analysis of the RNase κ family ortholog gene in the insect Ceratitis capitata

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6217-6227

  Rampias, Theodoros N ^a,b   Fragoulis, Emmanuel G ^a   Sideris, Diamantis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative polyadenylation; AUUUA motifs; Cc RNase; RNase ; Specific ribonuclease

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANEMONE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; INTRON; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BOMBYX; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 56849091239     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06746.x     Document Type: Article

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