Arginine/serine-rich domains of SR proteins can function as activators of pre-mRNA splicing

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 765-771

  Graveley, Brenton R ^a   Maniatis, Tom ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CAPSID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR; SERINE; SFRS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SFRS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SFRS7 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; VIRUS CAPSID;

ARGININE; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SERINE; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 0032038213     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80076-3     Document Type: Article

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