Identification of the gene for vitamin K epoxide reductase

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6974, 2004, Pages 541-544

  Li, Tao ^a   Chang, Chun Yun ^a   Jin, Da Yun ^a   Lin, Pen Jen ^a   Khvorova, Anastasia ^b   Stafford, Darrel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Dharmacon Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CLONING; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENZYMES; GENES; PROTEINS; VITAMINS;

BLOOD CLOTTING; THROMBOEMBOLIC DISORDERS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN K EPOXIDE REDUCTASE; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 16P; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE POOL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSECT CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPODOPTERA; TRANSFECTION; WARFARIN;

INSECTA;

EID: 1142274548     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02254     Document Type: Article

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