Functional characterization of the human-specific (type II) form of kallikrein 8, a gene involved in learning and memory

Cell Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-267

  Lu, Zhi Xiang ^a,b,d   Huang, Qin ^c,d   Su, Bing ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Cognition; Human evolution; Type II KLK8

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; KALLIKREIN; KLK8 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

PRIMATES;

EID: 59449107828     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2009.4     Document Type: Article

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