Zfy2/1 fusion gene fails to replicate Zfy1 expression pattern in fetal gonads

Genomics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-398

  Nagamine, Claude M ^a   Carlisle, Cherlyn ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031213719     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4828     Document Type: Article

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