A novel hamster prion protein mRNA contains an extra exon: Increased expression in scrapie

Brain Research

Volumn 751, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 265-274

  Li, Gang ^a,b,c   Bolton, David C ^a,b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

exon; gene expression; gene sequence; glial fibrillary acidic protein; hamster; hippocampus; inferior colliculus; molecular sequence data; prion; prion disease; prion protein; scrapie; superior colliculus; synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRION PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CRICETINAE; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIONS; RNA, MESSENGER; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030899995     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01407-2     Document Type: Article

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