The mammalian single-minded (SIM) gene: Mouse cDNA structure and diencephalic expression indicate a candidate gene for Down syndrome

Genomics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 136-143

  Yamaki, Akiko ^a,b   Noda, Setsuko ^c   Kudoh, Jun ^a   Shindoh, Nobuaki ^a   Maeda, Hideto ^a   Minoshima, Shinsei ^a   Kawasaki, Kazuhiko ^a   Shimisu, Yoshiko ^b   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; DOWN SYNDROME; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030200752     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0332     Document Type: Article

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