Sequence analysis and expression mapping of the rat clustered protocadherin gene repertoires

Neuroscience

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 579-603

  Zou, C ^a   Huang, W ^a   Ying, G ^a   Wu, Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bioinformatics; cell adhesion gene clusters; gene expression; in situ hybridization; neuronal connections; phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOCADHERIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MAPPING; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CADHERINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845212678     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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