Zfp-37 is a member of the KRAB zinc finger gene family and is expressed in neurons of the developing and adult CNS

Genomics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-257

  Mazarakis, N ^b   Michalovich, D ^a   Karis, A ^a   Grosveld, F ^a   Galjart, N ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029987931     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0189     Document Type: Article

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