Tissue-specific differences in human transfer RNA expression

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2107-2115

  Dittmar, Kimberly A ^a   Goodenbour, Jeffrey M ^a   Pan, Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; TRANSFER RNA; RNA; RNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPLEEN; TESTIS; THYMUS; VULVA;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA; RNA, TRANSFER; SPLEEN; TESTIS; THYMUS GLAND; VULVA;

EID: 33846021292     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020221     Document Type: Article

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