Gene structure of mammalian acetylcholinesterase. Alternative exons dictate tissue-specific expression.
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Tissue-specific expression and alternative mRNA processing of the mammalian acetylcholinesterase gene.
This study examines the tissue specificity and the gene products arising from alternative mRNA processing of the mammalian acetylcholinesterase gene. By splicing either alternative exons 5 or 6 in the mouse and human genes directly to the invariant exons (exons 2, 3, and 4), we show that the acetylcholinesterase species expressed by transfected recombinant DNA have the properties expected for t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54466-5