A novel function for the U2AF 65 splicing factor in promoting pre-mRNA 3′-end processing

EMBO Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 869-874

  Millevoi, Stefania ^a   Geraghty, Finola ^a   Idowu, Bernadine ^a   Tam, Jennifer L Y ^a   Antoniou, Michael ^a   Vagner, Stéphan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PYRIMIDINE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036747331     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kvf173     Document Type: Article

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