IRES elements in connexin genes: A hypothesis explaining the need for connexins to be regulated at the translational level

IUBMB Life

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-176

  Werner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CONNEXINS; EXONS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA CAPS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034515596     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152165400300001480     Document Type: Article

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