Alterations in the conserved SL1 trans-spliced leader of Caenorhabditis elegans demonstrate flexibility in length and sequence requirements in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1892-1900

  Ferguson, Kimberly C ^a,b   Rothman, Joel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032981026     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.3.1892     Document Type: Article

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