Pre-mRNA splicing by the essential Drosophila protein B52: Tissue and target specificity

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 181-186

  Hoffman, Bryan E ^a   Lis, John T ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA SPLICING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033989561     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.1.181-186.2000     Document Type: Article

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