Mutations in the Treacher Collins syndrome gene lead to mislocalization of the nucleolar protein treacle

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1795-1800

  Marsh, Karen L ^a   Dixon, Jill ^a   Dixon, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CLEFT PALATE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOP CODON;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031686476     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.11.1795     Document Type: Article

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