Characterization of transcripts from the synapsin III gene locus

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2266-2271

  Porton, Barbara ^a   Hung Teh, Kao ^a,b   Greengard, Paul ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene; Isoforms; Synapsin III

Indexed keywords

SYNAPSIN;

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SPLICING; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPSINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0344285992     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0732266.x     Document Type: Article

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