Cloning and Characterization of a Type II Integral Transmembrane Protein Gene, Itm2c, That Is Highly Expressed in the Mouse Brain

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 391-397

  Choi, Seung Cheol ^a   Kim, Joon ^a   Kim, Tae Hyung ^a   Cho, Si Young ^a   Park, Sung Soo ^a   Kim, Ki Dong ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gene Cloning; Integral Transmembrane Protein 2c (Itm2c); Mouse Brain; Subtractive Hybridization

Indexed keywords

ITM2C PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0035981199     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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