Multiple novel transcripts for apolipoprotein(a)-related gene II generated by alternative splicing in tissue- and cell type-specific manners

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 540-546

  Takabatake, Noriaki ^a   Souri, Masayoshi ^a   Ichinose, Akitada ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Apolipoprotein(a); Kringle domain; Plasminogen; Reverse transcription PCR

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; DNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KRINGLE DOMAIN; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031719749     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022146     Document Type: Article

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