Analysis of the kinase-related protein gene found at human chromosome 3q21 in a multi-gene cluster: Organization, expression, alternative splicing, and polymorphic marker

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 481-491

  Watterson, D Martin ^a,d   Schavocky, James P ^a   Guo, Ling ^a   Weiss, Curtis ^a   Chlenski, Alexandre ^a   Shirinsky, Vladimir P ^b   Van Eldik, Linda J ^a   Haiech, Jacques ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Calcium; Calmodulin; Cardiac muscle; Genome; Myosin; Polymorphism; Protein kinase; Signal transduction; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMIC ACID; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RODENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTRONS; KINESIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RABBITS;

GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033485486     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19991201)75:3<481::AID-JCB12>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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