Molecular cloning and distinct developmental expression pattern of spliced forms of a novel zinc finger gene wiz in the mouse cerebellum

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 179-189

  Matsumoto, Kazumasa ^a   Ishii, Nobuko ^b   Yoshida, Shigetaka ^a   Shiosaka, Sadao ^a   Wanaka, Akio ^c   Tohyama, Masaya ^b  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Institute of Biomedical Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Granule cell; wiz; Zinc finger motif

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; DENTATE GYRUS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0032582598     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00216-2     Document Type: Article

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