Genetic regulation of MUC1 alternative splicing in human tissues

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 978-985

  Ng, W ^a,c   Loh, A X W ^a,d   Teixeira, A S ^a,e   Pereira, S P ^b   Swallow, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; MUC1; Polymorphism; Splicing; Transcript

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MUCIN 1; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE;

ALLELISM; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FETUS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; EXONS; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MUCIN-1; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 51449112388     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604617     Document Type: Article

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