The regulation of splice-site selection, and its role in human disease

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-266

  Cooper, Thomas A ^a   Mattox, William ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AMINO ACID; BETA GLOBIN; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE B; CEREBROSIDE SULFATASE; CYTOSINE; DYSTROPHIN; FUMARYLACETOACETASE; GLYCOPROTEIN IIIA; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; NUCLEOTIDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; PURINE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THYMIDINE;

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BINDING SITE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EXON; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; GLANZMANN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEIGH DISEASE; MENKES SYNDROME; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PORPHYRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SANDHOFF DISEASE; TYROSINEMIA;

EID: 0030772379     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514856     Document Type: Article

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