Identification and characterization of a novel serine-arginine- rich splicing regulatory protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3049-3057

  Barnard, Daron C ^a   Patton, James G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033999217     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.9.3049-3057.2000     Document Type: Article

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