Genomic characterization of a testis-specific TFIIS (TCEA2) gene

Genomics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 516-519

  Weaver, Zoe A ^a,b   Kane, Caroline M ^b  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene family; Testis specific expression; TFIIS; Transcript elongation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ELONGATION FACTOR; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; START CODON; TESTIS;

EID: 0031573853     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.5073     Document Type: Article

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