Structure and function of the nucleolus

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 385-390

  Scheer, Ulrich ^a   Hock, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

BIOGENESIS; MATURATION; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033153298     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)80054-4     Document Type: Review

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