Sequence divergence in the 3' untranslated regions of human ζ- and α- globin mRNAs mediates a difference in their stabilities and contributes to efficient α-to-ζ gene developmental switching

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2173-2183

  Russell, J Eric ^a,b   Morales, Julia ^a   Makeyev, Aleksandr V ^a   Liebhaber, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; GLOBIN; GLOBIN MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLOBIN GENE; GLOBIN SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SILENCER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031947553     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.4.2173     Document Type: Article

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