Spliced leader RNA trans-splicing in metazoa

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-40

  Davis, Richard E ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAZOON; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING;

METAZOA;

EID: 0030025722     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)80643-0     Document Type: Article

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