Monoallelic yet combinatorial expression of variable exons of the protocadherin-α gene cluster in single neurons

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-176

  Esumi, Shigeyuki ^a,b   Kakazu, Naoki ^c   Taguchi, Yusuke ^a,b   Hirayama, Teruyoshi ^a,b   Sasaki, Ayako ^a,b   Hirabayashi, Takahiro ^b,d   Koide, Tsuyoshi ^e   Kitsukawa, Takashi ^f   Hamada, Shun ^a,b   Yagi, Takeshi ^a,b,d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; PROTOCADHERIN ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PURKINJE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURONS; PURKINJE CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 13944269194     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1500     Document Type: Article

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