RNA editing in Drosophila 4f-rnp gene nuclear transcripts by multiple A-to-G conversions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 885-890

  Petschek, Jane P ^a   Mermer, Matthew J ^a,b   Scheckelhoff, Mark R ^a   Simone, Angila A ^a   Vaughn, Jack C ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

4f rnp; Alternative splicing; Drosophila; RNA editing; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0030604716     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0365     Document Type: Editorial

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