Alternate splicing produces a soluble form of the hereditary hemochromatosis protein HFE

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-67

  Jeffrey, Gary P ^a,b   Basclain, Kerrie ^b   Hajek, Jan ^a   Chakrabarti, Subrata ^a   Adams, Paul C ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HFE PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033082056     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.1999.0227     Document Type: Article

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