Human prodynorphin gene generates several tissue-specific transcripts

Brain Research

Volumn 804, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 284-295

  Telkov, Miroslav ^a   Geijer, Thomas ^a   Terenius, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human; Opioid; Prodynorphin gene; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

PRODYNORPHIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; ENKEPHALINS; EXONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032494271     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00706-9     Document Type: Article

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