Identification and topological arrangement of Drosophila proximal sequence element (PSE)-binding protein subunits that contact the PSEs of U1 and U6 small nuclear RNA genes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1570-1579

  Wang, Yan ^a   Stumph, William E ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0031888688     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.3.1570     Document Type: Article

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