Characterization of SCML1, a new gene in Xp22, with homology to developmental polycomb genes

Genomics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-102

  Van De Vosse, Esther ^a   Walpole, Susannah M ^b   Nicolaou, Alexia ^b   Van Der Bent, Paola ^a   Cahn, Anthony ^c   Vaudin, Mark ^c   Ross, Mark T ^c   Durham, Jillian ^c   Pavitt, Rebecca ^c   Wilkinson, Jane ^c   Grafham, Darren ^c   Bergen, Arthur A B ^d   Van Ommen, Gert Jan B ^a   Yates, John R W ^b   Den Dunnen, Johan T ^a   Trump, Dorothy ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XP; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HEART; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032053856     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5224     Document Type: Article

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