Differential expression of a novel isoform of α-tropomyosin in cardiac and skeletal muscle of the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

Gene

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-180

  Luque, Eileen A ^a   Spinner, Belinda J ^a   Dube, Syamalima ^a   Dube, Dipak K ^a   Lemanski, Larry F ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gt11 library; Alternate splicing; cDNA; RT PCR; Salamander

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TROPOMYOSIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPOMYOSIN;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031051456     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00606-3     Document Type: Article

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