The mec-8 gene of C. Elegans encodes a protein with two RNA recognition motifs and regulates alternative splicing of unc-52 transcripts

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1601-1610

  Lundquist, Erik A ^a,c   Herman, Robert K ^a   Rogalski, Teresa M ^b   Mullen, Gregory P ^b   Moerman, Donald G ^b   Shaw, Jocelyn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative RNA splicing; C. elegans; Mec 8 gene; RRMS; Unc 52 gene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CUTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOGLYCANS; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS;

EID: 0029942984     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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