Structure and organization of the gene encoding human selenoprotein

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 269-270

  Yasui, Yoshihiro ^a   Hasada, Kayo ^a   Yang, Jian Guo ^b   Koiwai, Osamu ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Promoter; Selenium; Stop codon

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; PROTEIN; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EXON; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; START CODON; TATA BOX;

EID: 0030579115     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00127-8     Document Type: Article

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