Structure, mapping and expression of the human gene encoding the homeodomain protein, SIX2

Gene

Volumn 247, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 145-151

  Boucher, Catherine A ^a   Winchester, Catherine L ^a   Hamilton, Graham M ^a   Winter, Alan D ^a   Johnson, Keith J ^a   Bailey, Mark E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cDNA; Chromosome 2; Homeobox; SIX family

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2P; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034682031     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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