Genomic structure, polymorphism and expression of the horse alpha-actinin-3 gene

Gene

Volumn 491, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-24

  Mata, X ^a   Vaiman, A ^a   Ducasse, A ^a   Diribarne, M ^a   Schibler, L ^a   Guerin G ^a  

^a UMR1313 GÉNÉTIQUE ANIMALE ET BIOLOGIE INTÉGRATIVE   (France)

Author keywords

ACTN3; Expression; Gene; Horse; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 3; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICRORNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; HORSES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 80055067560     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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