Structure of the mouse Saa4 gene and its linkage to the serum amyloid A gene family

Genomics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-142

  De Beer, Maria C ^a   De Beer, Frederick C ^a,b   Gerardot, Connie J ^a   Cecil, Darin R ^a   Webb, Nancy R ^a   Goodson, Michael L ^a   Kindy, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 7; EXON; GENE DELETION; INFLAMMATION; INTRON; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029980165     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0253     Document Type: Article

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