Selection and characterization of pre-mRNA splicing enhancers: Identification of novel SR protein-specific enhancer sequences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1705-1719

  Schaal, Thomas D ^a   Maniatis, Tom ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0033019048     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.3.1705     Document Type: Article

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