The MAS proto-oncogene is not imprinted in humans

Genomics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 380-382

  Riesewijk, Anne M ^a   Schepens, Marga T ^a   Mariman, Edwin M ^a   Ropers, Hans Hilger ^a,b   Kalscheuer, Vera M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME BAND; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030586253     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0372     Document Type: Article

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