Comparison of the human and murine ATRX gene identifies highly conserved, functionally important domains

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 400-403

  Picketts, David J ^a   Tastan, Ayse O ^b   Higgs, Douglas R ^a   Gibbons, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GENE PRODUCT ATRX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FACE MALFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031807390     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900781     Document Type: Article

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