Cloning and comparative analysis of the bovine, porcine, and equine sex chromosome genes ZFX and ZFY

Genome

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-83

  Poloumienko, Arkadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Sex chromosome genes; ZFX; ZFY; Zinc finger proteins

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZFY PROTEIN, HUMAN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN, X LINKED; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN, X-LINKED;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; HORSE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE COMPONENTS; HORSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SUS SCROFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1942455766     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g03-099     Document Type: Article

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