Small evolutionarily conserved RNA, resembling C/D box small nucleolar RNA, is transcribed from PWCR1, a novel imprinted gene in the Prader-Willi deletion region, which is highly expressed in brain

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1067-1082

  De Los Santos, Tala ^a   Schweizer, Johannes ^a   Rees, Christian A ^a   Francke, Uta ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033754151     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303106     Document Type: Article

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