Structural analysis of the mouse prosaposin (SGP-1) gene reveals the presence of an exon that is alternatively spliced in transcribed mRNAs

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Zhao, Qing ^a   Hay, Nina ^a   Morales, Carlos R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glycosphingolipids; Mouse; Saposins; Sertoli cell; Sulfated glycoprotein 1

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; MESSENGER RNA; PROSAPOSIN; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; EXON; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; LYSOSOME; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; SERTOLI CELL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; EXONS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SAPOSINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; STRAWBERRY GREEN PETAL PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0030745853     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199709)48:1<1::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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