cDNA cloning, genomic structure, and chromosomal localization of three members of the human fatty acid desaturase family

Genomics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-183

  Marquardt, Andreas ^a   Stöhr, Heidi ^a   White, Karen ^a   Weber, Bernhard H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME B5; DNA FRAGMENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0342646930     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6196     Document Type: Article

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