Mouse connexin40: Gene structure and promoter analysis

Genomics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 120-126

  Seul, Kyung Hwan ^a   Tadros, Peter N ^a   Beyer, Eric C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031573446     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.5025     Document Type: Article

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