Post-transcriptional gene regulatory mechanisms in eukaryotes: An overview

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-371

  Day, D A ^a   Tuite, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPPED RNA; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 2; INITIATION FACTOR 4E;

EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAMMALS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031803072     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1570361     Document Type: Review

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