Introns are necessary for mRNA accumulation in Schizophyllum commune

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 681-689

  Lugones, Luis G ^a,b   Scholtmeijer, Karin ^b   Klootwijk, Riko ^b   Wessels, Joseph G H ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE;

AGARICUS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTRONS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033048404     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01373.x     Document Type: Article

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