Molecular cloning of the human leukotriene C4 synthase gene and assignment to chromosome 5q35

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 637-646

  Bigby, Timothy D ^a,b,c   Hodulik, Craig R ^a,b   Arden, Karen C ^a,b   Fu, Lixia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTRIENE C4;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 5Q; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029846836     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401647     Document Type: Article

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