att, A target for regulation by tra2 in the testes of Drosophila melanogaster, encodes alternative RNAs and alternative proteins

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4222-4230

  Madigan, Sanford J ^a,b   Edeen, Philip ^a   Esnayra, Joan ^a,c   McKeown, Michael ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GRAVES DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0029998486     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.8.4222     Document Type: Article

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