The human noradrenaline transporter gene contains multiple polyadenylation sites and two alternatively spliced C-terminal exons

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1398, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 365-370

  Pörzgen, Peter ^a   Bönisch, Heinz ^a   Hammermann, Rainer ^a   Brüss, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenylate rich element; Alternative splicing; Cl dependent neurotransmitter transporter; Na+ dependent neurotransmitter transporter; Noradrenaline transporter gene; Polyadenylation; Transporter subtype; Uridylate rich element

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PC12 CELLS; POLY A; RATS; SYMPORTERS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0345368000     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(98)00072-4     Document Type: Article

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