Ribonucleoprotein assembly: Clues from spinal muscular atrophy

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Mattaj, Iain W ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

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EID: 0032576729     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70055-7     Document Type: Article

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