TWIST1 gene: First insights in Felis catus

Current Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-220

  Baptista, Cláudia S ^a,b   Bastos, Estela ^b   Santos, Sara ^b   Gut, Ivo G ^c   Guedes Pinto, Henrique ^b   Gärtner, Fátima ^a   Chaves, Raquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Felis catus; Oncology; TWIST1 gene

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FELIS CATUS; HOMO SAPIENS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77952472977     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920210791110933     Document Type: Article

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