Genomic characterization of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene of Fugu rubripes

Gene

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 145-153

  Kehrer Sawatzki, Hildegard ^a   Maier, Christiane ^a   Moschgath, Elke ^a   Elgar, Greg ^b   Krone, Winfrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UK Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative genetics; EVI2A; EVI2B; GAP related domain; Inserted genes; NF1; OMgp

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; NEUROFIBROMIN;

ARTICLE; EXON; GENE INSERTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES, POISONOUS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; PROTEINS; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES;

EID: 0032487758     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00495-8     Document Type: Article

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