Characterization of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe orthologue of the human survival motor neuron (SMN) protein

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 675-684

  Owen, Nicholas ^a   Doe, Claudette L ^b   Mellor, Jane ^b   Davies, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FUNGAL GENETICS; GROWTH RATE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MURINAE; MYXOGASTRIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0034701191     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.5.675     Document Type: Article

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