An alternative promoter in the mouse major histocompatibility complex class II I-Aβ gene: Implications for the origin of CpG islands

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4433-4443

  Macleod, Donald ^a   Ali, Robin R ^b   Bird, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMBRYO CELL; EXON; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; INTRON; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031830718     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.8.4433     Document Type: Article

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