The human H-twist gene is located at 7p21 and encodes a B-HLH protein that is 96% similar to its marine M-twist counterpart

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 915-917

  Bourgeois, P ^a   Stoetzel, C ^a   Bolcato Bellemin, A L ^a   Mattel, M G ^b   Perrin Schmitt, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERD3L PROTEIN, HUMAN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TWIST1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TWIST1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 0030331236     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900269     Document Type: Article

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