Transcription of the human and rodent SPAM1 / PH-20 genes initiates within an ancient endogenous retrovirus

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Dunn, Catherine A ^a,b   Mager, Dixie L ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME VARIANT; HYALURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TESTIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 25444532035     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-47     Document Type: Article

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