An RNA recognition motif in Wilms' tumour protein (WT1) revealed by structural modelling

Nature Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 329-332

  Kennedy, Derek ^a   Ramsdale, Tracie ^a   Mattick, John ^a   Little, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHICKENS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 0030010389     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0396-329     Document Type: Article

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