Nova regulates GABAA receptor γ2 alternative splicing via a distal downstream UCAU-rich intronic splicing enhancer

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 4687-4700

  Dredge, B Kate ^a   Darnell, Robert B ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE; BETA GLOBIN; CYTOSINE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN NOVA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; EXON; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SPLICING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; COLLODION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA;

EID: 0038382977     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.13.4687-4700.2003     Document Type: Article

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