Isolation and initial characterization of a novel zinc finger gene, DNMT3L, on 21q22.3, related to the cytosine-5-methyltransferase 3 gene family

Genomics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-298

  Aapola, Ulla ^a,b   Shibuya, Kazunori ^c   Scott, Hamish S ^d,e   Ollila, Juha ^f   Vihinen, Mauno ^a,b   Heino, Maarit ^a,b   Shintani, Ai ^c   Kawasaki, Kazuhiko ^c   Minoshima, Shinsei ^c   Krohn, Kai ^a,b   Antonarakis, Stylianos E ^d,e   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^c   Kudoh, Jun ^c   Peterson, Pärt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYTOSINE; GENE PRODUCT; M PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21Q; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; THYMUS;

EID: 18744427037     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6168     Document Type: Article

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