The autoantigen La/SS-B: Analysis of the expression of alternatively spliced La mRNA isoforms

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 383-389

  Hilker, Michael ^a,b   Tröster, Helmut ^a   Grölz, Daniel ^a   Hake, Ulrich ^b   Bachmann, Michael ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Inst F Herz Thorax G   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Blood vessels; Endothelium; Gene expression; Human; In situ hybridization; La cDNA; Liver; SS B La protein

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; DIGOXIGENIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DNA PROBE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AUTOANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; ENDOTHELIUM; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOMERISM; LIVER; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030004353     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050599     Document Type: Article

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