Complete nucleotide sequence, genomic organization, and promoter analysis of the murine survival motor neuron gene (Smn)

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 638-641

  DiDonato, Christine J ^a   Brun, Thierry ^a   Simard, Louise R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTRON; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXONS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032769071     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359901061     Document Type: Article

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