Diversity of the cadherin-related neuronal receptor/protocadherin family and possible DNA rearrangement in the brain

Genes to Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Yagi, Takeshi ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADHERIN RELATED NEURONAL RECEPTOR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037273702     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2003.00614.x     Document Type: Review

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