Alternative splicing of exons 29 and 30 in the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene

Human Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 382-385

  Park, Vicki Murtif ^a   Kenwright, Kathleen A ^a   Sturtevant, Dawn B ^a   Pivnick, Enikö Kármán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOP CODON;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EXONS; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; HUMANS; MICE; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031782618     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050837     Document Type: Article

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