Structural organization of the pre-mRNA splicing commitment: A hypothesis

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-194

  Melčák, Ivo ^a   Raška, Ivan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0030295134     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1996.0082     Document Type: Article

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