Human and mouse XAP-5 and XAP-5-like (X5L) genes: Identification of an ancient functional retroposon differentially expressed in testis

Genomics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-132

  Sedlacek, Zdenek ^a,b   Münstermann, Ewald ^a   Dhorne Pollet, Sophie ^a   Otto, Christiane ^a   Bock, Dagmar ^a   Schütz, Günther ^a   Poustka, Annemarie ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENOME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0344200026     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5931     Document Type: Article

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