Comprehensive Expression Profiling of Highly Homologous 39 Hox Genes in 26 Different Human Adult Tissues by the Modified Systematic Multiplex RT-PCR Method Reveals Tissue-Specific Expression Pattern That Suggests an Important Role of Chromosomal Structure in the Regulation of Hox Gene Expression in Adult Tissues

Gene Expression

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 199-210

  Yamamoto, Miyako ^a   Takai, Daisaku ^a,b   Yamamoto, Fumiya ^a   Yamamoto, Fumiichiro ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult tissues; Hierarchical clustering algorithm; Homeobox genes; Hox genes; Systematic Multiplex RT PCR; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0344307657     PISSN: 10522166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000003108749071     Document Type: Article

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