Genomic structure of the gene for mouse germ-cell nuclear factor (GCNF). II. Comparison with the genomic structure of the human GCNF gene

Genome Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Süsens, Ute ^a   Borgmeyer, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryonal Carcinoma Cell; Embryonal Carcinoma Cell Line; Human cDNA; Putative Exon; Untranslated Sequence

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NR6A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; GENES; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0242574393     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-5-research0017     Document Type: Article

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