Human γ-aminobutyric acid-type a receptor α5 subunit gene (GABRA5): Characterization and structural organization of the 5' flanking region

Genomics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 378-387

  Kim, Youngho ^a,b   Glatt, Heather ^a   Xie, Wei ^a   Sinnett, Daniel ^a,b,d   Lalande, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTRON; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031570661     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4770     Document Type: Article

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