LETM1, a novel gene encoding a putative EF-hand Ca2+-binding protein, flanks the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) critical region and is deleted in most WHS patients

Genomics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 218-225

  Endele, Sabine ^a   Fuhry, Monika ^a   Pak, Sang Jin ^a   Zabel, Bernhard U ^a   Winterpacht, Andreas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4P; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

EID: 0033200284     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5881     Document Type: Article

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