Genomic organization of the human catechol O‐methyltransferase gene and its expression from two distinct promoters

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 1049-1059

  TENHUNEN, Jukka ^a   SALMINEN, Marjo ^a   LUNDSTRÖM, Kenneth ^a   KIVILUOTO, Tuula ^b   SAVOLAINEN, Raija ^a   ULMANEN, Ismo ^a  

^a ORION CORPORATION   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXONS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HUMAN; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0027964721     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: 14321033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb19083.x     Document Type: Article

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