Murine Pkd1 introns 21 and 22 lack the extreme polypyrimidine bias present in human PKD1

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-196

  Piontek, Klaus B ^a   Germino, Gregory G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16P; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; INTRON; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA; EXONS; GENES; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT; POLYNUCLEOTIDES; PROTEINS; PYRIMIDINES; TRPP CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 0032796992     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900969     Document Type: Article

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