Structures and chromosome locations of the human MEF2A gene and a pseudogene MEF2AP

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 244-249

  Suzuki, E ^a   Lowry, J ^a   Sonoda, G ^b   Testa, J R ^b   Walsh, K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Chase Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030057890     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134348     Document Type: Article

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