Splicing of the meiosis-specific HOP2 transcript utilizes a unique 5' splice site

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 7933-7943

  Leu, Jun Yi ^a   Roeder, G Shirleen ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033506351     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.12.7933     Document Type: Article

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