A systematic analysis of the factors that determine the strength of pre-mRNA splicing enhancers

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 6747-6756

  Graveley, Brenton R ^a   Hertel, Klemens J ^a   Maniatis, Tom ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pre mRNA splicing; RNA looping; Splicing enhancers; SR proteins

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032538791     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.22.6747     Document Type: Article

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