Mutant transcripts of the LDL receptor gene: mRNA structure and quantity

Human Mutation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 186-196

  Rødningen, Olaug K ^a,b   Tonstad, Serena ^b   Saugstad, Ola Didrik ^a   Ose, Leiv ^a   Leren, Trond P ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia; LDL receptor; MRNA quantity; MRNA splicing; MRNA structure

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033036048     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1999)13:3<186::AID-HUMU2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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