Characterization of xnp-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans gene similar to the human XNP/ATR-X gene

Gene

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-19

  Villard, L ^a   Fontes M ^a   Ewbank, J J ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; DNA helicase; Genomic structure; Homo sapiens; Mental retardation; XNP ATR X

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COSMID; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA HELICASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032808828     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00279-6     Document Type: Article

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