Comparative analysis and genomic structure of the tuberous sclerosis 2 (TSC2) gene in human and pufferfish

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-137

  Maheshwar, Magitha M ^a   Sandford, Richard ^b   Nellist, Mark ^a,d   Cheadle, Jeremy P ^a   Sgotto, Barbara ^b   Vaudin, Mark ^c   Sampson, Julian R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; FETUS; FISH; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FISHES, POISONOUS; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RAP GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0030070929     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.1.131     Document Type: Article

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