Alternative promoters of gene MAGE4a

Genomics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 305-313

  De Plaen, Etienne ^a,b   Naerhuyzen, Bénédicte ^a,b   De Smet, Charles ^a,b   Szikora, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Boon, Thierry ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SARCOMA;

EID: 0031105017     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.4566     Document Type: Article

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