The ribosomal-RNA-processing pathway in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 314-321

  Good, Liam ^a,b   Intine, Robert V A ^a   Nazar, Ross N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ribosome biogenesis; RNA polymerase I; rRNA processing; rRNA spacer

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030855788     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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