Hypothetical double-helical poly(A) formation in a cell and its possible biological significance

IUBMB Life

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 581-584

  Zarudnaya, Margarita I ^a   Hovorun, Dmytro M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Autoregulation of PAB I synthesis; ELAV like proteins; Initiation of translation; Poly(A) forms; Poly(A) tail; Polyadenylation termination; Stabilization of ARE cntaining mRNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; HYPOTHESIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033378513     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152165499306441     Document Type: Article

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