Characterization of a new β-spectrin gene which is predominantly expressed in brain

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-192

  Ohara, Osamu ^a   Ohara, Reiko ^a   Yamakawa, Hisashi ^a   Nakajima, Daisuke ^a   Nakayama, Manabu ^a  

^a KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Comprehensive cDNA analysis; Gene discovery; Large protein; Spectrin

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; DENDRITE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTRIN; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0032526226     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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