Structure, chromosomal localization, and expression analysis of the mouse inhibin/activin βc (Inhbc) gene

Genomics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 358-366

  Schmitt, Jacky ^a,d   Hötten, Gertrud ^b   Jenkins, Nancy A ^c   Gilbert, Debra J ^c   Copeland, Neal G ^c   Pohl, Jens ^b   Schrewe, Heinrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b Biopharm GmbH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Elias GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; INHIBIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATA BOX; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029965175     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0130     Document Type: Article

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