Characterization of the recombinase activating gene-1 and 2 locus in the Japanese pufferfish, Fugu rubripes

Gene

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 275-283

  Peixoto, Bernardo R ^a   Mikawa, Yoshikazu ^b   Brenner, Sydney ^a  

^a The Molecular Sciences Institute   (United States)

^b ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fugu; RAG1; RAG2

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11P; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; EVOLUTION; EXON; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HAPLOIDY; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES; TELEOST; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034603796     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00091-3     Document Type: Article

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