The human L-threonine 3-dehydrogenase gene is an expressed pseudogene

BMC Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Edgar, Alasdair J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME 8P; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOGENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MURINAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 2942613694     PISSN: 14712156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-3-18     Document Type: Article

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