Comprehensive analysis of keratin gene clusters in humans and rodents

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Hesse, Michael ^a   Zimek, Alexander ^b   Weber, Klaus ^b   Magin, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene clusters; Gene duplications; Keratins; Mammalian genomes; Synteny

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 17; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; KERATODERMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOGENE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; ROOT HAIR; SYNTENY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 1842471992     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00354     Document Type: Article

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