The sex-lethal amino terminus mediates cooperative interactions in RNA binding and is essential for splicing regulation

Genes and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 17, 1994, Pages 2072-2085

  Wang, Jiwu ^a   Bell, Leslie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0028170519     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.8.17.2072     Document Type: Article

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