Fal1p is an essential DEAD-box protein involved in 40S-ribosomal- subunit biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 7283-7294

  Kressler, Dieter ^a,c   De La Cruz, Jesús ^a,c   Rojo, Manuel ^b   Linder, Patrick ^a,c  

^a Centre Médical Universitaire   (Switzerland)

^b Sciences II ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; NEOMYCIN; PAROMOMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA HELICASE; RNA HELICASE FAL 1 P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOLUS; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030679565     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.12.7283     Document Type: Article

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