Modulation of the fate of cytoplasmic mRNA by AU-rich elements: Key sequence features controlling mrna deadenylation and decay

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4611-4621

  Xu, Nianhua ^a   Chen, Chyi Ying A ^a   Shyu, Ann Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030872398     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4611     Document Type: Article

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