A new repetitive sequence uniquely present in the decay-accelerating factor genes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 246-255

  Nonaka, Mayumi ^a   Nonaka, Masaru ^a   Takenaka, Osamu ^b   Okada, Noriko ^a   Okada, Hidechika ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement; Decay accelerating factor; Gene structure; Repetitive sequence; Serine threonine rich region

Indexed keywords

DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD55; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; INTRONS; MACACA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; PRIMATES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031985153     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050354     Document Type: Article

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