Stimulation of RNA 3' processing by flanking DNA in Xenopus oocytes

Gene

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 335-344

  Plant, Kathryn E ^a,b   Morgan, Garry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microinjection; Pausing; Polyadenylation signal; Processing enhancers; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DNA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; POLY A; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032515896     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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