Muscle-specific splicing enhancers regulate inclusion of the cardiac troponin T alternative exon in embryonic skeletal muscle

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4014-4023

  Ryan, Kathryn J ^a   Cooper, Thomas A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; EXON; HEART MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030010743     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.8.4014     Document Type: Article

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