Conservation of 5′-upstream region of the FBN1 gene in primates

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 869-872

  Singh, Krishna Kumar ^a,b   Shukla, Praphulla Chandra ^b   Schmidtke, Joerg ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRILLIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHIMPANZEE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GORILLA; HUMAN; INTRON; MACACA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

PRIMATES;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 45749116956     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.51     Document Type: Article

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