Bidirectional transcription from human LRRTM2/CTNNA1 and LRRTM1/CTNNA2 gene loci leads to expression of N-terminally truncated CTNNA1 and CTNNA2 isoforms

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 411, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-61

  Kask, Martin ^a   Pruunsild, Priit ^a   Timmusk, Tõnis ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Alternative promoter; CTNNA family; Handedness; LRRTM family; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CTNNA1 GENE; CTNNA2 GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LRRTM1 GENE; LRRTM2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ALPHA CATENIN; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79960556323     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.06.085     Document Type: Article

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