Alternative splicing in intron 13 of the human eNOS gene: A potential mechanism for regulating eNOS activity

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1556-1564

  Lorenz, Mario ^a   Hewing, Bernd ^a   Hui, Jingyi ^b   Zepp, Angela ^a   Baumann, Gert ^a   Bindereif, Albrecht ^b   Stangl, Verena ^a   Stangl, Karl ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CA repeats; Endothelium; NO; NOS

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HETERODIMER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34247639956     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-7434com     Document Type: Article

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