The long terminal repeat of an endogenous retrovirus induces alternative splicing and encodes an additional carboxy-terminal sequence in the human leptin receptor

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 248-251

  Kapitonov, Vladimir V ^a   Jurka, Jerzy ^a  

^a Genetic Information Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Leptin receptor; Long terminal repeats; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

MAMMALIA; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032923744     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013153     Document Type: Article

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