Point mutation in intron sequence causes altered carboxyl-terminal structure in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor of the most 2,3,7,8- Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-resistant rat strain

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-93

  Pohjanvirta, Raimo ^a,b   Wong, Judy M Y ^b   Li, Wei ^b   Harper, Patricia A ^b,c   Tuomisto, Jouko ^a   Okey, Allan B ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0031845222     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.54.1.86     Document Type: Article

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