Functional analysis of cis-acting elements regulating the alternative splicing of human CFTR exon 9

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2339-2349

  Niksic, Martina ^a   Romano, Maurizio ^a   Buratti, Emanuele ^a   Pagani, Franco ^a   Baralle, Francisco E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THYMIDINE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032756818     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.13.2339     Document Type: Article

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