cDNAs derived from primary and small cytoplasmic Alu (scAlu) transcripts

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 222-234

  Shaikh, Tamim H ^a,d   Roy, Astrid M ^a   Kim, Joomyeong ^a,e   Batzer, Mark A ^a,b   Deininger, Prescott L ^a,b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNAs; Retroposon; RNApolIII; SINEs; Transcription

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0031571661     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1161     Document Type: Article

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