Expression in vitro of alternatively spliced variants of the messenger RNA for human apolipoprotein E receptor-2 identified in human tissues by ribonuclease protection assays

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 230-239

  Sun, Xi Ming ^a   Soutar, Anne K ^a  

^a MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Intron; LDL receptor gene family; Receptor associated protein; Repetitive DNA elements

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, LDL; RECEPTORS, LIPOPROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033563027     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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