Molecular cloning of rat USF2 cDNA and characterization of splicing variants

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-62

  Takahashi, Kyoko ^a   Nishiyama, Chiharu ^a,b   Okumura, Ko ^b   Ra, Chisei ^b   Ohtake, Yasuyuki ^a   Yokota, Toyokazu ^a  

^a ASAHI BREWERIES LTD   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isoform; Rat; Splicing; USF2

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR; USF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; USF2 PROTEIN, RAT;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; TRANSACTIVATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RECEPTORS, IGE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035234489     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.56     Document Type: Article

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