Genomic structure and comparative analysis of nine Fugu genes: Conservation of synteny with human chromosome Xp22.2-p22.1

Genome Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 437-448

  Brunner, Bodo ^a   Todt, Tilman ^a   Lenzner, Steffen ^a   Stout, Karen ^a   Schulz, Ute ^a   Ropers, Hans Hilger ^a,b   Kalscheuer, Vera M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME XP; FISH; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; FISHES, POISONOUS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X CHROMOSOME;

TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0033038381     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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