The murine Polycomb-group gene eed and its human orthologue: Functional implications of evolutionary conservation

Genomics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-88

  Schumacher, Armin ^b   Lichtarge, Olivier ^b   Schwartz, Stuart ^a   Magnuson, Terry ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032533306     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5509     Document Type: Article

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