SR proteins are required for nematode trans-splicing in vitro

RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 918-928

  Sanford, Jeremy R ^a   Bruzik, James P ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nematodes; Splicing factors; SR proteins; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CELL EXTRACTS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; SERINE;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033065021     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838299990234     Document Type: Article

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