The mouse Aire gene: Comparative genomic sequencing, gene organization, and expression

Genome Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-166

  Blechschmidt, Karin ^a   Schweiger, Michal ^b   Wertz, Karin ^c   Poulson, Richard ^d,e   Christensen, Hoang My ^b   Rosenthal, Andre ^a   Lehrach, Hans ^b   Yaspo, Marie Laure ^b  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^e Histopathology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0033012337     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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