Chromosomal assignment of four testis-expressed mouse genes from a new family of transmembrane proteins (ADAMs) involved in cell-cell adhesion and fusion

Genomics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 413-417

  Cho, Chunghee ^a,c   Primakoff, Paul ^a,d   White, Judith M ^b   Myles, Diana G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINTEGRIN; DNA; FERTILIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0030585736     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0305     Document Type: Article

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