A novel isoform of human membrane cofactor protein (CD46) mRNA generated by intron retention

Gene

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-47

  Pollard, Alison J ^a   Flanagan, Brian F ^a   Newton, Darren J ^a   Johnson, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Complement; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STOP CODON;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD46; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTRONS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032574961     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00154-1     Document Type: Article

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