Cloning, sequencing of human membrane cofactor protein (MCP) and comparison with other isoforms

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 358-

  Huang, Jian ^a   Li, Wen Xin ^a   Gou, De Ming ^a   Jiang, Da He ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; DNA sequencing; Isoforms; MCP cDNA; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944445078     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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