The mechanism of biogenesis and potential function of the two alternatively spliced mRNAs encoded by the murine Msx3 gene

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Matsui, Hideo ^a,b   Takahashi, Takayuki ^a,b   Raghow, Rajendra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Msx3; Protein protein interaction; Transcriptional repressor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

MURINAE;

EID: 9444287678     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MCBI.0000049353.38098.51     Document Type: Article

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