Characterization of the mouse gene for the α1 chain of type XVIII collagen (Col18a1) reveals that the three variant N-terminal polypeptide forms are transcribed from two widely separated promoters

Genomics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 436-446

  Rehn, Marko ^a   Hintikka, Elina ^a   Pihlajaniemi, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 10; EXON; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLLAGEN; EXONS; GENES; INTRONS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029867830     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0139     Document Type: Article

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