A conserved epitope on a subset of SR proteins defines a larger family of pre-mRNA splicing factors

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 899-908

  Neugebauer, Karla M ^a   Stolk, John A ^a   Roth, Mark B ^a  

^a FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CELL EXTRACT; EPITOPE; FREUND ADJUVANT; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 16H3; PROTEIN S 100; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EPITOPE MAPPING; FROG; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAZOON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

EID: 0029050868     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.129.4.899     Document Type: Article

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