Expression and alternative splicing of mouse GFRA4 suggest roles in endocrine cell development

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 522-533

  Lindahl, Maria ^a   Timmusk, Tõnis ^a   Rossi, Jari ^a   Saarma, Mart ^a   Airaksinen, Matti S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; ENDOCRINE CELL; GENE LOCATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE RET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033932552     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2000.0845     Document Type: Article

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