Both loss-of-function and gain-of-function mutations in snf define a role for snRNP proteins in regulating Sex-lethal pre-mRNA splicing in Drosophila development

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-108

  Salz, Helen K ^a   Flickinger, Thomas W ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029780502     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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