Heterogeneous structure of the polyubiquitin gene UbC of HeLa S3 cells

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 179-185

  Nenoi, Mitsuru ^a   Mita, Kazuei ^a   Ichimura, Sachiko ^a   Cartwright, Iain L ^b   Takahashi, Ei ichi ^c   Yamauchi, Masatake ^a   Tsuji, Hideo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human; Nucleotide sequence; Transcription factor; Unequal crossover; Unit realignment; Variable number of tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

POLYUBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030579188     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00145-X     Document Type: Article

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