Ribozyme trans-splicing and RNA tagging: Following the messenger

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 641-642

  Sarver, Nava ^a   Cairns, Scott ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; LAC OPERON; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0029973758     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0696-641     Document Type: Note

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