Structure and alternative splicing of the gene encoding the human β1 subunit of voltage dependent calcium channels

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-114

  Hogan, Kirk ^a,b   Gregg, Ronald G ^c   Powers, Patricia A ^d  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

1 Gene; Alternative splicing; DNA sequence; Gene structure; Human gene; Voltage dependent calcium channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM CHANNELS; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS;

EID: 0032714167     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00851-4     Document Type: Article

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