Cloning and characterization of the first amphibian bradykinin gene

Biochimie

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-231

  Chen, Manda ^a   Che, Qiaolin ^a   Wang, Xu ^a   Li, Jianxu ^b   Yang, Hailong ^b,c   Li, Dongsheng ^b   Zhang, Keyun ^a   Lai, Ren ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bradykinin; Gene; Skin

Indexed keywords

5 LEUCINE 6 THREONINE BRADYKININ; 6 THREONINE BRADYKININ; BRADYKININ; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEUCINE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PROLYLLEUCYLGLYCINAMIDE; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; DNA LIBRARY; EXON; FEMALE; FROG; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRADYKININ; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PEPTIDES; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA GRAHAMI;

EID: 77649272200     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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