Genomic organization and alternative transcripts of the human Connexin40 gene

Gene

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-90

  Dupays, Laurent ^a   Mazurais, David ^b   Rücker Martin, Catherine ^c   Calmels, Thierry ^b   Bernot, Denis ^d   Cronier, Laurent ^e   Malassiné, André ^f   Gros, Daniel ^a   Théveniau Ruissy, Magali ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Bioprojet Biotech   (France)

^c CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Alternative transcript; Gap junction; Gene expression; Human; Tissue specific

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; LUCIFERASE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; CODING; CONNEXIN 40 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; TROPHOBLAST; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0037434634     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)01229-5     Document Type: Article

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