A common protocadherin tail: Multiple protocadherins share the same sequence in their cytoplasmic domains and are expressed in different regions of brain

Cell Adhesion and Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-333

  Obata, S ^a   Sago, H ^a   Mori, N ^b,f   Davidson, M ^c   John, T St ^c   Suzuki, S T ^a,d,e  

^a DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d School of Medicine   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Cadherin superfamily; Central nervous system; Somatic recombination

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOPLASM; DNA LIBRARY; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032440249     PISSN: 10615385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15419069809010791     Document Type: Article

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