Characterization of mouse Muc6 and evidence of conservation of the gel-forming mucin gene cluster between human and mouse

Genomics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-436

  Desseyn, Jean Luc ^a   Laine, Anne ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster; Expression; Gel forming mucin; Muc6; Unusually large exon

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; MUCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 7; CODON; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY;

EID: 0037381217     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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