Evolutionary clues to the molecular function of Fanconi anemia genes

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 231-236

  Blom, Eric ^a   Van De Vrugt, Henri J ^a   De Winter, Johan P ^a   Arwert, Fré ^a   Joenje, Hans ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FANCG; Fanconi anemia; Molecular evolution; Tetratricopeptide repeat

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FANCONI ANEMIA; FANCONI ANEMIA COMPLEMENTATION GROUP G PROTEIN; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0036435482     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065659     Document Type: Article

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