Extensive gene order differences within regions of conserved synteny between the Fugu and human genomes: Implications for chromosomal evolution and the cloning of disease genes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1313-1320

  Gilley, Jonathan ^a   Fried, Mike ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FISH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE ORDER; GENOME; HUMAN; HYBRID; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COSMIDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032813927     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.7.1313     Document Type: Article

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