Genomic structure of the human ezrin gene

Human Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 662-665

  Majander Nordenswan, Päivi ^a   Sainio, Markku ^a   Turunen, Ossi ^a   Jääskeläinen, Juha ^b   Carpén, Olli ^a   Kere, Juha ^a   Vaheri, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; EZRIN; MERLIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CODING; CYTOSKELETON; EXON; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXONS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTRONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032421791     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050888     Document Type: Article

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