Structure and organization of the human reduced folate carrier gene

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1442, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 389-393

  Zhang, Long ^a,b   Wong, So C ^a,b   Matherly, Larry H ^a,b  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Gene; Methotrexate; Transport

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; EXONS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INTRONS; K562 CELLS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032497805     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(98)00168-7     Document Type: Article

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