The human GRINL1A gene defines a complex transcription unit, an unusual form of gene organization in eukaryotes

Genomics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-276

  Roginski, Raymond S ^a   Mohan Raj, Bhaskara K ^b   Birditt, Brian ^c   Rowen, Lee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Complex transcription unit; ER retention signal; GRINL1A; Multifunctional exon

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PROTEOME;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15; EUKARYOTE; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GRINL1A GENE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXONS; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 3042658283     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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