In situ transcription and splicing in the Balbiani ring 3 gene

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2564-2574

  Wetterberg, Ingela ^a,b   Zhao, Jian ^b   Masich, Sergej ^a   Wieslander, Lars ^b   Skoglund, Ulf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Immunoelectron microscopy; Pre mRNA processing

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALBIANI RING; BR3 GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U2 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA SPLICING; SALIVARY PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035873705     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.10.2564     Document Type: Article

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