Isolation, characterization, and organ-specific expression of two novel human zinc finger genes related to the Drosophila gene spalt

Genomics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-298

  Kohlhase, Jürgen ^a   Schuh, Reinhard ^a   Dowe, Gordon ^a   Kühnlein, Ronald P ^a   Jäckle, Herbert ^a   Schroeder, Bernd ^b   Schulz Schaeffer, Walter ^b   Kretzschmar, Hans A ^b   Köhler, Angelika ^c   Müller, Ulrich ^c   Raab Vetter, Michael ^b   Burkhardt, Elke ^b   Engel, Wolfgang ^b   Stick, Reimer ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d Inst F Biochem Molec Z   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; POLYADENYLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030589604     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0631     Document Type: Article

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