The allele-specific suppressor sup-39 alters use of cryptic splice sites in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1169-1179

  Roller, A Brock ^a   Hoffman, David C ^a   Zahler, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034005868     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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