A single human cell expresses all messenger ribonucleic acids: The arrow of time in a cell

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-239

  Kimoto, Y ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrow of time; Illegitimate transcription; Lymphocyte; Single cell; Sperm

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYSTALLIN; CORTICOTROPIN; ENKEPHALIN; GASTRIN; GLUCAGON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; PREGNANCY SPECIFIC BETA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SYNAPSIN I; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031813255     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050727     Document Type: Article

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