Splicing factor SF1 from Drosophila and Caenorhabditis: Presence of an N-terminal RS domain and requirement for viability

RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1615-1631

  Mazroui, Rachid ^a   Puoti, Alessandro ^b   Krämer, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; KH domain; Pre mRNA splicing; Protein protein interaction; RNA interference; Spliceosome; U2AF

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS; DROSOPHILA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032796427     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838299991872     Document Type: Article

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