AT-AC Pre-mRNA splicing mechanisms and conservation of minor introns in voltage-gated ion channel genes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3225-3236

  Wu, Qiang ^a,b   Krainer, Adrian R ^a  

^a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SPLICEOSOME;

EID: 0032933429     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.5.3225     Document Type: Short Survey

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