Structure of the human type IV collagen COL4A6 gene, which is mutated in Alport syndrome-associated leiomyomatosis

Genomics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 473-479

  Zhang, Xu ^a,b   Zhou, Jing ^c   Reeders, Stephen T ^c   Tryggvason, Karl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029992902     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0222     Document Type: Article

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