Alternative splicing of the tyrosinase gene transcript in normal human melanocytes and lymphocytes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1261-1265

  Fryer, James P ^a   Oetting, William S ^b   Brott, Marcia J ^a   King, Richard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic expression; Lymphoblastoid cell line; Lymphocyte; Melanocyte; Splicing; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0035725326     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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