Characterization of the 55-kb mouse histone gene cluster on chromosome 3

Genome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 702-714

  Wang, Zeng Feng ^a   Tisovec, Rich ^a   Debry, Ron W ^d   Frey, Mark R ^c   Matera, A Gregory ^c   Marzluff, William F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME 3; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029760338     PISSN: 10549803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.6.8.702     Document Type: Article

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