The Structure of the Mouse Cathepsin B Gene and Its Putative Promoter

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 159-168

  Qian, Fang ^a,b   Frankfater, Allen ^b   Chan, Shu J ^a   Steiner, Donald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN H; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE; THIOL PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; EXONS; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0025728140     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1991.10.159     Document Type: Article

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