Structure of the human α2 subunit gene of the glycine receptor - Use of vectorette and alu-exon PCR

Genome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1200-1206

  Monani, Umrao ^a   Burghes, Arthur H M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TATA BOX; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; EXONS; GENOME; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030461352     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.6.12.1200     Document Type: Article

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