Nested transcripts of Gap junction gene have distinct expression patterns

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 288-301

  Zhang, Zhan ^a   Curtin, Kathryn D ^a   Sun, Yi An ^a   Wyman, Robert J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Drosophila; Gap junction; Giant fiber system; shakB

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CODON; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; GENOMIC LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE FIBERS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERMINOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032816459     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990905)40:3<288::AID-NEU2>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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