SIN, a novel Drosophila protein that associates with the RNA binding protein Sex-lethal

Gene

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 421-428

  Dong, Zhaohui ^a   Bell, Leslie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

RRM; Splicing; SXL; Two hybrid

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CYTOGENETICS; DROSOPHILA; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEX DETERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032883412     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00303-0     Document Type: Article

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