Structure and organization of the human deoxyribonuclease II (DNase II) gene

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-305

  Yasuda, T ^a   Takeshita, H ^a   Iida, R ^b   Tsutsumi, S ^a   Nakajima, T ^a   Hosomi, O ^a   Nakashima, Y ^a   Mori, S ^a   Kishi, K ^a,c  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE II; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CPG ISLAND; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0032440649     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480098006988     Document Type: Article

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