Bex1, a gene with increased expression in parthenogenetic embryos, is a member of a novel gene family on the mouse X chromosome

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 611-619

  Brown, Anna L ^a   Kay, Graham F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME XQ; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME IMPRINTING; MOTHER; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033058269     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.4.611     Document Type: Article

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