Attenuation of gene expression by a trinucleotide repeat-rich tract from the terminal exon of the rat hepatic polymeric immunoglobulin receptor gene

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-236

  Aoki, Takashi ^a   Koch, Katherine S ^b   Leffert, Hyam L ^b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA and RNA structure; Gene expression attenuators; GGA and GAA repeats; Human disease; Rat polymeric immunoglobulin receptor

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; SECRETORY COMPONENT; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030893235     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0890     Document Type: Article

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