The signal recognition particle and related small cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein particles

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2601-2608

  Bovia, Fabrice ^a   Strub, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

7SL RNA; Alu RNPs; ER; Translational elongation; Translocation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

EID: 0029858993     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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