Structure, expression profile and alternative processing of the human phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT) gene.

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Published in Biochim Biophys Acta on May 31, 2001

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D J Shields1, L B Agellon, D E Vance

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and CIHR Group on Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, University of Alberta, 328 Heritage Medical Research Building, T6G 2S2, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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