A novel gene is transcribed in the chicken α-globin gene domain in the direction opposite to the globin genes

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1012-1021

  Sjakste, N ^a,b   Iarovaia, O V ^a,c   Razin, S V ^a,c   Linares Cruz, G ^d   Sjakste, T ^a,b   Le Gac, V ^a   Zhao, Z ^a   Scherrer, K ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

14 gene; Chicken alpha globin gene domain; ggPRX gene; In situ hybridisation; Northern analysis; Pre mRNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYADENYLATED RNA; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ERYTHROID CELL; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLOBIN GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RNA PROBE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0033980135     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008644     Document Type: Article

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