Identification of novel isoforms of activin receptor-like kinase 7 (ALK7) generated by alternative splicing and expression of ALK7 and its ligand, nodal, in human placenta

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1719-1726

  Roberts, Heather J ^a   Hu, Siqin ^a   Qiu, Qing ^c   Leung, Peter C K ^b   Caniggia, Isabella ^d   Gruslin, Andrée ^c   Tsang, Benjamin ^c   Peng, Chun ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activin receptor like kinase 7; Alternative splicing; Nodal; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR LIKE KINASE 7; AMINO ACID; LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN NODAL; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA FUNCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0037407439     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.013045     Document Type: Article

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