Primary structure, organization, and expression of the rat connexin45 gene

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-115

  Teunissen, Birgit E J ^a,b   Jansen, Anita T ^a   Mutsaers, Nancy A M ^a   Vuerhard, Maria J ^a   Vos, Marc A ^a   Bierhuizen, Marti F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CX45 GENE; E1A GENE; E1B GENE; E2 GENE; E3 GENE; EXON; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONNEXINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RATTUS;

EID: 33847684372     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2006.0540     Document Type: Article

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