Homologous genomic fragments in the mouse pre-T cell receptor α (pTa) and Xist loci

Genomics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 149-152

  Reizis, Boris ^a   Lee, Jeannie T ^b   Leder, Philip ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0033996617     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.6068     Document Type: Article

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