The number of kringle IV repeats 3-10 is invariable in the human apo(a) gene

Gene

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-258

  Haibach, C ^a   Kraft, H G ^a   Kochl S ^a   Abe, A ^a   Utermann, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein(a); Genomic DNA; Restriction map; RFLP; YAC

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; DNA; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEINASE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KRINGLE DOMAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

APOLIPOPROTEINS; APOPROTEIN(A); BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032570836     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00657-4     Document Type: Article

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