In vitro systems for the reconstitution of snRNP and protein nuclear import

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 53, 1998, Pages 517-543

  Dingwall, Colin ^a   Palacios, Isabel ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR;

EID: 0031982589     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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