Cloning and characterization of a LASS1-GDF1 transcript in rat cerebral cortex: Conservation of a bicistronic structure

DNA Sequence - Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-103

  Wang, Baoheng ^a   Shi, Guizhi ^a   Fu, Yucai ^a   Xu, Xiaohu ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bicistronic structure; GDF1 gene; LASS1gene; Open reading frame; Rat

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 9; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN LASS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL AGING; CHROMOSOME 16; CISTRON; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOMICS; INTRON; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33847030826     PISSN: 10425179     EISSN: 10292365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170601060947     Document Type: Article

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