Characterising alternate splicing and tissue specific expression in the chicken from ESTs

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 268-277

  Tang, H ^a   Heeley, T ^a   Morlec, R ^a   Hubbard, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AVES; EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547620678     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103188     Document Type: Article

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