Smooth muscle alternative splicing induced in fibroblasts by heterologous expression of a regulatory gene

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6301-6310

  Roberts, Gavin C ^a   Gooding, Clare ^a   Smith, Christopher W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Regulatory gene; Smooth muscle; tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ACTININ; TROPOMYOSIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029908278     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01020.x     Document Type: Article

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