Genomic structure and polymorphism of the human thromboxane synthase-encoding gene

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-256

  Baek, Seung Joon ^a   Lee, Kuan Der ^a   Shen, Rong Fong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Di nucleotide repeats; Gene structure; TATA independent promoter

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; PROSTAGLANDIN ENDOPEROXIDE; THROMBOXANE A2; THROMBOXANE SYNTHASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HAPLOIDY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0030590389     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00881-0     Document Type: Article

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