Exon-intron organization of the human dystrophin gene

Genomics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 421-424

  Nobile, Carlo ^a   Marchi, Jula ^b   Nigro, Vincenzo ^c   Roberts, Roland G ^d   Danieli, Gian Antonio ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0030700474     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4911     Document Type: Article

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