Interaction between subunits of heterodimeric splicing factor U2AF is essential in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1765-1773

  Rudner, David Z ^a,b   Kanaar, Roland ^a,c   Breger, Kevin S ^a,d   Rio, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031924788     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.4.1765     Document Type: Article

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