Structural and functional implications of the intron/exon organization of the human endothelial cell protein C/activated protein C receptor (EPCR) gene: Comparison with the structure of CD1/major histocompatibility complex α1 and α2 domains

Blood

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 632-641

  Simmonds, Rachel E ^a   Lane, David A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; CELL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0033566326     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v94.2.632.414k24_632_641     Document Type: Article

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