Structural and functional characterization of the rat neurotrophin-4 gene

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 264-275

  Salin, Tuija ^a   Timmusk, Tõnis ^a   Lendahl, Urban ^a   Metsis, Madis ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030742213     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1997.0625     Document Type: Article

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