Splicing signals are required for S-phase regulation of the mouse thymidylate synthase gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 376-383

  Ke, Yunbo ^a,b   Ash, John ^a,c   Johnson, Lee F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

BETA GLOBIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLOBIN GENE; HAMSTER; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SPLICING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMAN; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RNA SPLICING; S PHASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029655592     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.1.376     Document Type: Article

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