Functional dissection of the mouse Hox-a5 gene

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1313-1322

  Zhao, Jack Jiagang ^a,b   Lazzarini, Robert A ^a   Pick, Leslie ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional specificity; Hox a5; Octapeptide motif; Sex combs reduced; YPWM motif

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0029917042     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00473.x     Document Type: Article

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