Electron tomography reveals posttranscriptional binding of pre-mRNPs to specific fibers in the nucleoplasm

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-282

  Miralles, Francesc ^a   Öfverstedt, Lars Göran ^b   Sabri, Nafiseh ^a   Aissouni, Youssef ^c   Hellman, Ulf ^d   Skoglund, Ulf ^b   Visa, Neus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^d LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balbiani ring particle; hrp65; mRNA export; Nuclear substructure; Pre mRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BALBIANI RING; CELL NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSPORT; TOMOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034707596     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.148.2.271     Document Type: Article

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