Transcription units as RNA processing units

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3279-3285

  Neugebauer, Karla M ^a   Roth, Mark B ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAPPED RNA; CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION SPECIFICITY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RNA CAPPING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031466322     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.24.3279     Document Type: Review

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