Strong conservation of the human NF2 locus based on sequence comparison in five species

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 526-536

  Hansson, Caisa M ^a   Ali, Haider ^a   Bruder, Carl E G ^a,e   Fransson, Ingegerd ^b   Kluge, Sindy ^a   Andersson, Björn ^c   Roe, Bruce A ^d   Menzel, Uwe ^a   Dumanski, Jan P ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MERLIN; PROTEIN INTER 1; PROTEIN NF2; PROTEIN NIPSNAP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAKIFUGU;

FALCO COLUMBARIUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; RODENTIA; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0041314071     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-003-3011-3     Document Type: Article

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