Genomic features of human PKR: Alternative splicing and a polymorphic CGG repeat in the 5'-untranslated region

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 609-616

  Xu, Zan ^b   Williams, Bryan R G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031849783     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.1998.18.609     Document Type: Article

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