A regulatory cytoplasmic poly(A) polymerase in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6904, 2002, Pages 312-316

  Wang, Liaoteng ^a   Eckmann, Christian R ^a   Kadyk, Lisa C ^a   Wickens, Marvin ^a   Kimble, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; GENES; RNA;

POLYADENYLATION;

ENZYMES;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE;

GENE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GERM-LINE MUTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLY A; POLYADENYLATION; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037136552     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01039     Document Type: Article

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