Chromatin structure of the rat somatotropin gene locus and physical linkage of the rat somatotropin gene and skeletal-muscle sodium-channel gene

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 494-500

  Kazahari, Koji ^a   Sano, Eiji ^a   Matsuura, Nobuo ^a   Ono, Masao ^a,b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Deoxyribonuclease I; Gene expression; Sodium channel; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031045930     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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