Cloning and characterization of the alternative promoter regions of the human LIMK2 gene responsible for alternative transcripts with tissue-specific expression

Gene

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-271

  Nomoto, Shuji ^a   Tatematsu, Yoshio ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^a   Osada, Hirotaka ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative initiation; LIM domain; LIMK; Reporter gene

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LUNG; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0032779323     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00280-2     Document Type: Article

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