cDNA characterization and chromosomal mapping of two human homologues of the Drosophila dishevelled polarity gene

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 953-958

  Pizzuti, Antonio ^a   Amati, Francesca ^b,c   Calabrese, Giuseppe ^d   Mari, Aldo ^b,c   Colosimo, Alessia ^b   Silani, Vincenzo ^a   Giardino, Luciana ^a   Ratti, Antonia ^a   Penso, Donata ^a   Calzà, Laura ^e   Palka, Giandomenico ^d   Scarlato, Gugliemo ^a   Novelli, Giuseppe ^b   Dallapiccola, Bruno ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LUNG; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 8944229701     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.7.953     Document Type: Article

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