A premature termination codon interferes with the nuclear function of an exon splicing enhancer in an open reading frame-dependent manner

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1640-1650

  Gersappe, Anand ^a   Pintel, David J ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CODON; ENHANCER REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ANIMALIA; MICE MINUTE VIRUS;

EID: 0033019838     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.3.1640     Document Type: Article

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