Intron/exon structure confirms that mouse Zfy1 and Zfy2 are members of the ZFY gene family

Genomics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-127

  Mahaffey, Connie L ^a   Bayleran, Janet K ^b   Yeh, Gloria Y ^c   Lee, Tzielan C ^c   Page, David C ^c   Simpson, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; Y CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031128302     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4611     Document Type: Article

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