In silico analysis of the EPS8 gene family: Genomic organization, expression profile, and protein structure

Genomics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 234-244

  Tocchetti, Arianna ^a   Confalonieri, Stefano ^b   Scita, Giorgio ^c   Di Fiore, Pier Paolo ^b,c,d   Betsholtz, Christer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

EPS8; EPS8 related genes; Genomic structure; Protein structure; Ras Rac signaling; SAGE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPS8 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037294987     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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