A splice variant of the neurotrophin receptor trkB with increased specificity for brain-derived neurotrophic factor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3332-3337

  Strohmaier, Christine ^a   Carter, Bruce D ^a   Urfer, Roman ^b   Barde, Yves Alain ^a   Dechant, Georg ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Genomic organization; Neurotrophin receptors; Neurotrophins; Protein domains

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EMBRYO; EXON; LIGAND BINDING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030016334     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00698.x     Document Type: Article

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