A novel pseudoautosomal human gene encodes a putative protein similar to Ac-like transposases

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-67

  Esposito, Teresa ^a,b   Gianfrancesco, Fernando ^a   Ciccodicola, Alfredo ^b   Montanini, Luisa ^a   Mumm, Steven ^c   D'Urso, Michele ^b   Forabosco, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSASES; Y CHROMOSOME;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0032962952     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.1.61     Document Type: Article

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