Characterization of EZH1, a human homolog of Drosophila enhancer of zeste near BRCA1

Genomics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-171

  Abel, Kenneth J ^a,h   Brody, Lawrence C ^b   Valdes, John M ^c   Erdos, Michael R ^b   McKinley, Dawn R ^a   Castilla, Lucio H ^b   Merajver, Sofia D ^a   Couch, Fergus J ^g   Friedman, Lori S ^d   Ostermeyer, Elizabeth A ^e   Lynch, Eric D ^e   King, Mary Claire ^e   Welcsh, Piri L ^f   Osborne Lawrence, Sherri ^f   Spillman, Monique ^f   Bowcock, Anne M ^f   Collins, Francis S ^b   Weber, Barbara L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h CELERA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0344081889     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0537     Document Type: Article

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