The comparative genomic structure and sequence of the surfeit gene homologs in the puffer fish Fugu rubripes and their association with CpG-Rich islands

Genome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1138-1152

  Armes, Niall ^a   Gilley, Jonathan ^a   Fried, Mike ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031451142     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.7.12.1138     Document Type: Article

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