Analysis of the functional specificity of RS domains in vivo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 6049-6060

  Dauwalder, Brigitte ^a   Mattox, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Determination; Drosophila sex; Nuclear localization; Spermatogenesis; SR proteins

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SERINE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPERMATOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SERINE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032531691     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.20.6049     Document Type: Article

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