Calcitonin mRNA is produced in liver by two different splicing pathways

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 111-115

  Bracq, S ^a   Taboulet, J ^a   Machairas, M ^a   Lasmoles, F ^a   Houssin, D ^b   Moukhtar, M S ^a   Jullienne, A ^a  

^a CENTRE VIGGO PETERSEN   (France)

^b Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Calcitonin carboxyterminal peptide II; Human liver

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030887468     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)04029-X     Document Type: Article

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