Complex patterns of alternative splicing mediate the spatial and temporal distribution of perlecan/UNC-52 in Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3205-3221

  Mullen, Gregory P ^a   Rogalski, Teresa M ^a   Bush, Jason A ^a   Gorji, Poupak Rahmani ^a   Moerman, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERLECAN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032849672     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.10.3205     Document Type: Article

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