Three subsets of genes whose tissue specific expression is sex and age- dependent can be identified within the rat α(2u)-globulin family

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 234-244

  Wang, Kathy S ^a,b   McFadyen, David A ^a   Locke, John ^a   Hodgetts, Ross B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multigene family; Rat (2u) globulin; RT PCR; Tandem gene array

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESTRICTION SITE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-GLOBULINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030784585     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)21:3<234::AID-DVG6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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