Splicing of a regulated exon reveals additional complexity in the axonal microtubule-associated protein Tau

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1346-1356

  Wei, Mei Ling ^b   Andreadis, Athena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alternative splicing regulation; Cryptic sites; Expression pattern of regulated isoforms; Microtubule associated protein tau

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031906031     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70041346.x     Document Type: Article

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