Classification and nomenclature of all human homeobox genes

BMC Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Holland, Peter W H ^a   Booth, H Anne F ^a   Bruford, Elspeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1ALPHA; HIG1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LHX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PAIRED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TCF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; TUMOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ANTENNAPEDIA HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; PSEUDOGENES; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 38649129104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-5-47     Document Type: Article

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