SMN-mediated assembly of RNPs: A complex story

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 472-478

  Meister, Gunter ^a   Eggert, Christian ^a   Fischer, Utz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPLICEOSOME;

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0036809734     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8924(02)02371-1     Document Type: Review

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