Mechanisms and control of mRNA turnover in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Microbiological Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 233-249

  Caponigro, Giordano ^a   Parker, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

CODON; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029871812     PISSN: 01460749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.60.1.233-249.1996     Document Type: Review

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