The Function of Multisite Splicing Enhancers

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 449-455

  Hertel, Klemens J ^a   Maniatis, Tom ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLESEX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR; TRA2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0031990320     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80045-3     Document Type: Article

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