Gene structure of the murine calcium channel β3 subunit, cDNA and characterization of alternative splicing and transcription products

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 138-143

  Murakami, M ^a   Wissenbach, U ^a   Flockerzi, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium channel gene structure; Calcium channel subunit; Subunit interaction domains; Voltage dependent calcium channel; subunit isoforms

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RABBIT; RAT;

EID: 0029864711     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.t01-1-00138.x     Document Type: Article

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