Genomic organization and alternative splicing of human PACE4 (SPC4), kexin-like processing endoprotease

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 438-452

  Tsuji, Akihiko ^a   Hine, Chiemi ^a,b   Tamai, Yasuhiro ^a   Yonemoto, Kayoko ^a   Mori, Kazushige ^a   Yoshida, Shigeru ^a   Bando, Miwa ^a   Sakai, Eri ^a   Mori, Kenji ^a   Akamatsu, Tetsuya ^a   Matsuda, Yoshiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Isoform; Kexin; PACE4; SPC4

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYADENYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030881989     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021772     Document Type: Article

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