Binding of hnRNP H to an exonic splicing silencer is involved in the regulation of alternative splicing of the rat β-tropomyosin gene

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 593-606

  Chen, Charlie Degui ^a,b   Kobayashi, Ryuji ^a   Helfman, David M ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis acting element; Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins; RNA processing; RNA protein interaction; Trans acting factor

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RAT; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; SILENCER GENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033105787     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.5.593     Document Type: Article

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