Human T-cell leukemia virus type 2 Rex inhibits pre-mRNA splicing in vitro at an early stage of spliceosome formation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 5511-5518

  Bakker, Andreas ^a   Li, Xinqiang ^a   Ruland, Cristina T ^b   Stephens, Dennis W ^a   Black, Alexander C ^a   Rosenblatt, Joseph D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Box 704   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; REX PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

EID: 0029897108     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.8.5511-5518.1996     Document Type: Article

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