Alternative splicing of exon 14 determines nuclear or cytoplasmic localisation of fmr1 protein isoforms

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-102

  Sittler, Annie ^a   Devys, Didier ^a   Weber, Chantal ^a   Mandel, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CYTOPLASM; EXONS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030051618     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.1.95     Document Type: Article

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