A novel truncated variant form of Ebk/MDK1 receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed in embryonic mouse brain

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 477-485

  Talukder, Amjad H ^a   Muramatsu, Takashi ^a   Kaneda, Norio ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eph Eck family; PCR cloning; Receptor tyrosine kinase; Splice variant; Truncated form

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030660198     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.22.477     Document Type: Article

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