Characterisation and chromosomal localisation of the rat alpha- and beta-adducin-encoding genes.

doi:10.1016/0378-1119(95)00590-0

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Characterisation and chromosomal localisation of the rat alpha- and beta-adducin-encoding genes.

Gene - 12 Dec 1995

Tripodi G, Casari G, Tisminetzky S, Bianchi G, Devescovi G, Muro A, Tuteja R, Baralle F E

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A polymorphism in the genes encoding alpha- and beta-adducin (ADD) was described as being associated with blood-pressure variation in a genetically hypertensive strain of rats (MHS). ADD is a cytoskeletal heterodimeric protein which may be involved in cellular signal transduction and interacts wi...

Topics

Alleles
Alternative Splicing
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Calmodulin-Binding Proteins
Chromosome Mapping
Cloning, Molecular
Genes
Hypertension
Molecular Sequence Data
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains

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