Cloning, mapping and RNA analysis of the human methionine synthase gene

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1851-1858

  Li, Yunan N ^a   Gulati, Sumedha ^b   Baker, Priscilla J ^c   Brody, Lawrence C ^c   Banerjee, Ruma ^b   Kruger, Warren D ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME 1Q; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 0029822478     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.12.1851     Document Type: Article

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