The mouse synemin gene encodes three intermediate filament proteins generated by alternative exon usage and different open reading frames

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 431-444

  Xue, Z G ^a   Cheraud, Y ^a   Brocheriou, V ^a   Izmiryan, A ^a   Titeux, M ^a   Paulin, D ^a   Li, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Intermediate filaments; Muscle; Reading frame; Synemin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; SYNEMIN H; SYNEMIN L; SYNEMIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART MUSCLE; MOUSE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SYNEMIN GENE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 3242671425     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.04.023     Document Type: Article

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