Comparative analysis of KRAB zinc finger proteins in rodents and man: Evidence for several evolutionarily distinct subfamilies of KRAB zinc finger genes

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 381-396

  Mark, Charlotta ^a   Åbrink, Magnus ^b   Hellman, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KRAB ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZINC FINGERS;

RODENTIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033024717     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454999315277     Document Type: Article

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