Usp9y (ubiquitin-specific protease 9 gene on the Y) is associated with a functional promoter and encodes an intact open reading frame homologous to Usp9x that is under selective constraint

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 437-447

  Hall, Nicola M ^a   Brown, Graeme M ^a   Furlong, Robert A ^a   Sargent, Carole A ^a   Mitchell, Michael ^b   Rocha, Dominique ^a   Affara, Nabeel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PROTEASE 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORTHOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; USP9X GENE; USP9Y GENE; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038354779     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-002-3068-4     Document Type: Article

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