Identification of three human renin mRNA isoforms from alternative tissue-specific transcriptional initiation

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 2000, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 25-31

  Sinn, Patrick L ^a   Sigmund, Curt D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Gene expression; Gene regulation; Renin angiotensin system; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

MUS MUSCULUS;

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RENIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; START CODON; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CODON, INITIATOR; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HEART; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RENIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0034729573     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.2000.3.1.25     Document Type: Article

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