A complex intronic splicing enhancer from the c-src pre-mRNA activates inclusion of a heterologous exon

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 6537-6545

  Modafferi, Edward F ^a   Black, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; ONCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; EXON; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; NERVE CELL; ONCOGENE SRC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030832044     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.11.6537     Document Type: Article

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