A nuclear role for the Fragile X mental retardation protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5408-5414

  Fridell, Robert A ^a   Benson, R Edward ^a   Hua, Jian ^a   Bogerd, Hal P ^a   Cullen, Bryan R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragile X syndrome; HIV 1; Nuclear export; RNA binding

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RNA; NUCLEOPORIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REV PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NES;

EID: 0029818460     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00924.x     Document Type: Article

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