The promoters of the survival motor neuron gene (SMN) and its copy (SMNc) share common regulatory elements

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1365-1370

  Echaniz Laguna, Andoni ^a   Miniou, Pierre ^a   Bartholdi, Deborah ^a   Melki, Judith ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTONEURON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033362099     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302372     Document Type: Article

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