Making sense of the multiple MAP-2 transcripts and their role in the neuron

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-162

  Shafit Zagardo, Bridget ^a   Kalcheva, Nellie ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MAP 2; MAP 2 gene structure; MAP 2 transcripts; Microtubule associated protein 2

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVE CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031853417     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02740642     Document Type: Article

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