Rat1p and Xrn1p are functionally interchangeable exoribonucleases that are restricted to and required in the nucleus and cytoplasm, respectively

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 6122-6130

  Johnson, Arlen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; EXORIBONUCLEASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0030764692     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.10.6122     Document Type: Article

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