Identification of SCML2, a second human gene homologous to the Drosophila Sex comb on midleg (Scm): A new gene cluster on Xp22

Genomics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-72

  Montini, Eugenio ^a   Buchner, Georg ^a   Spalluto, Cosma ^b   Andolfi, Grazia ^a   Caruso, Antonio ^a   Den Dunnen, Johan T ^c   Trump, Dorothy ^d   Rocchi, Mariano ^b   Ballabio, Andrea ^a   Franco, Brunella ^a  

^a TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DROSOPHILA; MAMMALIA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033563078     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5755     Document Type: Article

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