Innexin genes and gap junction proteins in the locust frontal ganglion

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-233

  Anava, Sarit ^a   Rand, David ^a   Zilberstein, Yael ^a   Ayali, Amir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Frontal ganglion; Gap junction; Innexin; Locust

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 61349115676     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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