Genomic organisation, alternative splicing and polymorphisms of the human cardiac troponin T gene

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1247-1253

  Farza, Hend ^a,d   Townsend, Philip J ^c   Carrier, Lucie ^a   Barton, Paul J ^c   Mesnard, Laurence ^b   Bährend, Ellen ^a   Forissier, Jean François ^a   Fiszman, Marc ^a   Yacoub, Magdi H ^c   Schwartz, Ketty ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene structure; Human cardiac troponin T; Polymorphisms; Sequence

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; TROPONIN T;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FETUS; GENE STRUCTURE; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0346315804     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1998.0698     Document Type: Article

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