Characterization of human retinal fascin gene (FSCN2) at 17q25: Close physical linkage of fascin and cytoplasmic actin genes

Genomics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-156

  Tubb, Benjamin E ^a   Bardien Kruger, Soraya ^b   Kashork, Catherine D ^a   Shaffer, Lisa G ^a   Ramagli, Louis S ^c   Xu, Jingping ^c   Siciliano, Michael J ^c   Bryan, Joseph ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; F ACTIN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; CROSS LINKING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GROWTH CONE; MICROFILAMENT; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0034655939     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6156     Document Type: Article

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