Analysis of NF1 transcriptional regulatory elements

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 137 A, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-135

  Lee, Tsz Kin ^a   Friedman, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioinformatic; NF1; Phylogenetic footprinting

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NEUROFIBROMIN;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PUFFER FISH; RAT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

TAKIFUGU; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 24344496841     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30699     Document Type: Article

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