Functional characterization of SR and SR-related genes in Caenorhabditis elegans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1625-1637

  Longman, Dása ^a   Johnstone, Iain L ^b   Cáceres, Javier F ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Pre mRNA splicing; RNA interference; SR proteins

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENT; GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034599949     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.7.1625     Document Type: Article

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