Antisense expression of the human pro-melanin-concentrating hormone genes

Brain Research

Volumn 803, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 86-94

  Miller, Christine L ^a,b   Burmeister, Margit ^a   Thompson, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA expression; Human melanin concentrating hormone; PMCH; PMCHL

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EXON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPLICEOSOME;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRONS; MELANINS; MELANOPHORES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PITUITARY HORMONES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, ANTISENSE;

EID: 0032563721     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00626-X     Document Type: Article

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