Characterization of the murine phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase-2 gene

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2341-2350

  Walkey, Christopher J ^a   Cui, Zheng ^a   Agellon, Luis B ^a   Vance, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromosomal localization; Gene structure; Phosphatidylcholine; Primer extension

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRON; MALE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; RATS;

EID: 0030465190     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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