Truncated human endothelin receptor A produced by alternative splicing and its expression in melanoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1141-1146

  Zhang, Y F ^a   Jeffery, S ^a   Burchill, S A ^b   Berry, P A ^b   Kaski, J C ^a   Carter, N D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Endothelin receptors; Melanoma; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; EXON; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031756731     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.643     Document Type: Article

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