Pre-mRNA splicing alters mRNP composition: Evidence for stable association of proteins at exon-exon junctions

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1098-1108

  Le Hir, Hervé ^a,b   Moore, Melissa J ^b   Maquat, Lynne E ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exon exon junctions; mRNP composition; Pre mRNA splicing; RNA protein cross linking

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; SPLICEOSOME;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; EXONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U5 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 0034193569     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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