Regulation of alternative polyadenylation by U1 snRNPS and SRp20

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4977-4985

  Lou, Hua ^a,b   Neugebauer, Karla M ^c   Gagel, Robert F ^b   Berget, Susan M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031840978     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.9.4977     Document Type: Article

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