Characterization of a novel lysozyme-like 4 gene in the rat

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Narmadha, Ganapathy ^a   Muneswararao, Katakam ^a,b   Rajesh, Angireddy ^a   Yenugu, Suresh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; LYSOZYME; LYZOZYME LIKE PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANDROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNODETECTION; LYZL1 GENE; LYZL3 GENE; LYZL4 GENE; LYZL6 GENE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRODUCTION;

RATTUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 81055125777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027659     Document Type: Article

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