Alternative RNA splicing of the MLL gene in normal and malignant cells

Gene

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 169-175

  Nam, Dong K ^a   Honoki, Kanya ^a   Yu, Min ^a   Yunis, Jorge J ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative RNA splicing; Cloning; DNA sequencing; Hematopoietic cells; Homeobox genes; Leukemia; MLL protein motifs; Northern blot; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL TYPE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

DROSOPHILA TRITHORAX;

EID: 0030608376     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00364-2     Document Type: Article

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