Characterization of human RNA splice signals by iterative functional selection of splice sites

RNA

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 528-544

  Lund, Mette ^a   Tange, Thomas Østergaard ^a   Dyhr Mikkelsen, Helle ^a,c   Hansen, Jan ^b   Kjems, Jørgen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3' splice site; Branchpoint; In vitro selection; Lariat; Polyadenylation; RNA splicing; SR proteins

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLICEOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EXONS; GUANOSINE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLY A; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0033998436     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838200992033     Document Type: Article

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