Essential nucleotides direct neuron-specific splicing of γ2 pre-mRNA

RNA

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 682-698

  Zhang, Li ^a   Ashiya, Mona ^a   Sherman, Thomas G ^b,c   Grabowski, Paula J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cassette exon selection; splicing regulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CEREBELLUM; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEOTIDES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029954587     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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