The zebrafish Fgf-3 gene: CDNA sequence, transcript structure and genomic organization

Gene

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Kiefer, Paul ^a   Strähle, Uwe ^a,b   Dickson, Clive ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b Parc d' Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

Fibroblast growth factor; Gene cloning; Homology; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0343807500     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00736-9     Document Type: Article

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