Twenty pairs of Sox: Extent, homology, and nomenclature of the mouse and human Sox transcription factor gene families

Developmental Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-170

  Schepers, Goslik E ^a   Teasdale, Rohan D ^a   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036696817     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(02)00223-X     Document Type: Letter

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