Splicing factors associate with hyperphosphorylated RNA polymerase II in the absence of pre-mRNA

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-28

  Kim, Euikyung ^a   Du, Lei ^a,b   Bregman, David B ^a,c   Warren, Stephen L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GENOME THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDE; HEPTAPEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CELL CYCLE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MITOSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031022189     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.136.1.19     Document Type: Article

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