A splice variant acquiring an extra transcript leader region decreases the translation of glutamine synthetase gene

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 175-184

  Shin, Daesung ^a   Park, Sangjin ^a   Park, Chankyu ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Glutamine synthetase; Translational regulation; Untranslated region

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS;

GENOMIC STRUCTURE;

GENES;

ADENINE; AMMONIA; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA PRIMERS; DOGS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042827851     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030132     Document Type: Article

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