A novel mechanism of aberrant pre-mRNA splicing in humans

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 909-912

  Cogan, Joy D ^a   Prince, Melissa A ^a   Lekhakula, Somsong ^b   Bundey, Sarah ^c   Futrakul, Aree ^b   McCarthy, Eleanor M S ^b   Phillips III, John A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; HELA CELLS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING;

EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031010287     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.6.909     Document Type: Article

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