Nuclear organization of pre-mRNA splicing factors

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 372-377

  Sleeman, Judith E ^a   Lamond, Angus I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

CELL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

EID: 0033151758     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)80052-0     Document Type: Review

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