Characterization of the porcine sperm adhesion molecule gene SPAM1 - Expression analysis, genomic structure, and chromosomal mapping

Animal Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-214

  Day, A E ^a   Quilter, C R ^a,b   Sargent, C A ^a   Mileham, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PIC International Group   (United States)

Author keywords

BAC; FISH; PH 20; Porcine; SPAM1

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; PH 20 PROTEIN; PH-20 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE;

EID: 0036017148     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2002.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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