Promoter region and alternatively spliced exons of the rat μ-opioid receptor gene

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2272-2278

  Mayer, P ^a   Schulzeck, S ^a   Kraus, J ^b   Zimprich, A ^b   Hollt V ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Genomic organization; Opioid receptor; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EXON; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029980028     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66062272.x     Document Type: Article

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