Effects of nonsense mutations on nuclear and cytoplasmic adenine phosphoribosyltransferase RNA

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4426-4435

  Kessler, Ofra ^a,b   Chasin, Lawrence A ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; EXON; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0030010752     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.8.4426     Document Type: Article

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