High-degree sequence conservation in LPA kringle IV-type 2 exons and introns

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 293-302

  Rösby, Oddveig ^a,b   Aleström, Peter ^c   Berg, Kåre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Introns; Kringle IV type 2; Lp(a) lipoprotein; Norwegians; Open reading frame; Plasminogen; Screening; Sequence homology

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN A; PLASMINOGEN;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CORONARY RISK; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INTRON; KRINGLE DOMAIN; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 2642709186     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb04346.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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