Coding region intron/exon organization, alternative splicing, and X-chromosome inactivation of the KRAB/FPB-domain-containing human zinc finger gene ZNF41

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 291-296

  Rosati, M ^a   Franze A ^a   Matarazzo, M R ^a   Grimaldi, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME XP; CODON; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032768843     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015315     Document Type: Article

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