Differential tissue-specific expression of neurofibromin isoform mRNAs in rat

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1048-1054

  Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Takahashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Yasumoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Fuse, Nobuo ^a   Shibahara, Shigeki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Brain; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Ras GTPase activating protein; Testis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFIBROMIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; HEART; HYPOPHYSIS; KIDNEY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; TESTIS;

EID: 0029847065     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021498     Document Type: Article

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