A putative Drosophila homolog of the Huntington's disease gene

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1807-1815

  Li, Zhen ^a   Karlovich, Chris A ^a   Fish, Matthew P ^a   Scott, Matthew P ^a   Myers, Richard M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMINE; HUNTINGTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLINE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTRON; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032855148     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.9.1807     Document Type: Article

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