The U7 snRNP and the hairpin binding protein: Key players in histone mRNA metabolism

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 567-576

  Müller, Berndt ^a   Schümperli, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hairpin binding protein; Histone; RNA 3 processing; RNA protein interaction; Stem loop binding protein; U7 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0001441205     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0182     Document Type: Article

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