Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the mouse Connexin36 (mCx36) gene

Gene

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-130

  Cicirata, Federico ^a   Parenti, Rosalba ^a   Spinella, Francesca ^a   Giglio, Sabrina ^b   Tuorto, Francesca ^a   Zuffardi, Orsetta ^b   Gulisano, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FISH; Gap junction; Mouse chromosome 2; Untranslated regions

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME MAP; GAP JUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONNEXINS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; EXONS; GENES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLY A; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034720807     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00202-X     Document Type: Article

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