A functional truncated form of c-kit tyrosine kinase is produced specifically in the testis of the mouse but not the rat, pig, or human

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 441-451

  Sakamoto, Akiko ^a   Yoneda, Akihiro ^a   Terada, Kei ^a   Namiki, Yuka ^b   Suzuki, Keita ^a   Mori, Tadashi ^a   Ueda, Junji ^a   Watanabe, Tomomasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

mouse; nucleotide sequence; pig; rat; testis; tr kit

Indexed keywords

C KIT TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 5444265728     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIGI.0000043956.59189.2c     Document Type: Article

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