Genomic characterization of the human prion protein (PrP) gene locus

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 696-703

  Makrinou, Eleni ^a,b   Collinge, John ^a   Antoniou, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRION DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; FETUS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIONS; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036925662     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-002-3043-0     Document Type: Article

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