A synaptobrevin-like gene in the Xq28 pseudoautosomal region undergoes X inactivation

Nature Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-229

  D'Esposito, Maurizio ^a   Ciccodicola, Alfredo ^a,b   Gianfrancesco, Fernando ^a   Esposito, Teresa ^a,b   Flagiello, Luisa ^a   Mazzarella, Richard ^c   Schlessinger, David ^c   D'Urso, Michele ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOBREVIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XQ; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; R-SNARE PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0030028167     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0696-227     Document Type: Article

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