Unusual 5' transcript complexity of plectin isoforms: Novel tissue-specific exons modulate actin binding activity

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2461-2472

  Fuchs, Peter ^a   Zörer, Michael ^a   Rezniczek, Günther A ^a   Spazierer, Daniel ^a   Oehler, Susanne ^a   Castañón, Maria J ^b   Hauptmann, Rudolf ^b   Wiche, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM RCV GMBH AND CO KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; DYSTROPHIN; PLECTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPECTRIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SPLICING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0344462732     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.13.2461     Document Type: Article

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