Identification and characterization of a truncated isoform of NELL2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 391, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 529-534

  Kim, Dong Gyu ^a   Hwang, Eun Mi ^a   Yoo, Jae Cheal ^a   Kim, Eunju ^a   Park, Nammi ^a   Rhee, Sangmyung ^b   Ha, Chang Man ^c   Hong, Seong Geun ^a   Park, Jae Yong ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; NELL2; Neurite outgrowth; Secretion; Truncated NELL2

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NELL2 TSP; RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA EXTRACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STOP CODON;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CODON, TERMINATOR; COS CELLS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURITES; NEUROGENESIS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 72949109524     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.11.092     Document Type: Article

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