Expression and developmental control of the human α-globin gene cluster

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 850, Issue , 1998, Pages 54-63

  Liebhaber, Stephen A ^a   Russell, J Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENT; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FETUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0031853948     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10462.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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