Diversity of G proteins in lepidopteran cell lines: Partial sequences of six G protein alpha subunits

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 142-150

  Knight, Peter J K ^a   Grigliatti, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha subunit; Degenerate PCR; G protein; Insect cell line; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GASTROPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOBSTER; MAMMALIA;

EID: 8744316984     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20018     Document Type: Article

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