The RNA splicing factor hSlu7 is required for correct 3' splice-site choice

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6758, 1999, Pages 207-210

  Chua, Katrin ^a   Reed, Robin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; HUMAN; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ADENINE; BINDING SITES; EXONS; GUANINE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPLICEOSOMES;

METAZOA;

EID: 0033547333     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46086     Document Type: Article

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