The HFE gene undergoes alternate splicing processes

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-162

  Thénié, Agnès ^a   Orhant, Magali ^a   Gicquel, Isabelle ^a   Fergelot, Patricia ^a   Le Gall, Jean Yves ^a   David, Véronique ^a   Mosser, Jean ^a  

^a Inst de Rech Contre le Cancer IRCC   (France)

Author keywords

Differential polyadenylation; Hemochromatosis; mRNA; Splice variant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON METABOLISM; PATHOGENESIS; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0342322924     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.2000.0291     Document Type: Article

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