Physiologically regulated alternative splicing patterns of fast troponin T RNA are conserved in mammals

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 1 39-1, 1996, Pages

  Briggs, Margaret M ^a   Schachat, Fred ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

isoforms; skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TROPONIN T;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030050307     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.1.c298     Document Type: Article

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