Sheep CENPB and CENPC genes show a high level of sequence similarity and conserved synteny with their human homologs

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 86-89

  Burkin, D J ^a   Jones, C ^a   Burkin, H R ^a   McGrew, J A ^a   Broad, T E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 6; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROMERE; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP;

CRICETINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029843754     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134388     Document Type: Article

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