Rapid changes in the exon/intron structure of a mammalian thrombin inhibitor gene

Gene

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Kamp, Paul Bertram ^a   Ragg, Hermann ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution of genes; Heparin cofactor II; Leuserpin 2; Serpins; Splicing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; THROMBIN INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTITHROMBINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; HEPARIN COFACTOR II; HUMANS; INTRONS; LIVER; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RATS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0033580382     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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