Genomic structure and domain organisation of the human Bak gene

Gene

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-94

  Herberg, Jethro A ^a   Phillips, Sam ^b   Beck, Stephan ^b   Jones, Tania ^a   Sheer, Denise ^a   Wu, Jason J ^c   Prochazka, Vaclav ^c   Barr, Philip J ^c   Kiefer, Michael C ^c   Trowsdale, John ^d  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c LXR Biotechnology   (United States)

^d Tennis Court Road CB2 1QP ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mapping; MHC; Structure

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032574664     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00101-2     Document Type: Article

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