The Caenorhabditis elegans homologue of thioredoxin reductase contains a selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) element that differs from mammalian SECIS elements but directs selenocysteine incorporation.

Buettner C, Harney JW, Berry MJ. The Caenorhabditis elegans homologue of thioredoxin reductase contains a selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) element that differs from mammalian SECIS elements but directs selenocysteine incorporation. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jul 30; 274(31):21598-602.

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subject areas

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Caenorhabditis elegans
DNA Transposable Elements
Genes, Helminth
Humans
Mammals
Molecular Sequence Data
Selenocysteine
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Thioredoxin-Disulfide Reductase

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Marla J. Berry, Ph.D.

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