SMG-2 is a phosphorylated protein required for mRNA surveillance in Caenorhabditis elegans and related to Upf1p of yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 5943-5951

  Page, Michelle F ^a   Carr, Brian ^a,b   Anders, Kirk R ^a,c   Grimson, Andrew ^a   Anderson, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MAXYGEN INC   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION; STOP CODON; YEAST;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0032771414     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.9.5943     Document Type: Article

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