Isolation of novel pre-mRNA splicing mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 118-127

  Urushiyama, S ^a   Tani, T ^a   Ohshima, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Pre mRNA splicing; prp mutant; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0029965657     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050304     Document Type: Article

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