The expanded human kallikrein (KLK) gene family: Genomic organisation, tissue-specific expression and potential functions

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-14

  Clements, J ^a   Hooper, J ^a   Dong, Y ^a   Harvey, T ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene family; Gene structure; KLK; Tissue kallikrein; Tissue specificity

Indexed keywords

KALLIKREIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; TISSUE KALLIKREIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REVIEW; RODENT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0035115850     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2001.002     Document Type: Review

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