Molecular cloning of a new intermediate filament protein expressed by radial glia and demonstration of alternative splicing in a novel heptad repeat region located in the carboxy-terminal tail domain

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 71-86

  Yuan, Yue ^a   Lee, Ju Ahng ^a   Napier, Audrey ^a   Cole, Gregory J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; GLIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030713399     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1997.0627     Document Type: Article

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