REF1/Aly and the additional exon junction complex proteins are dispensable for nuclear mRNA export

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 579-588

  Gatfield, David ^a   Izaurralde, Elisa ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aly; EJC; MRNA export; NXF1; REF1

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DEK PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NXF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RBM8A PROTEIN, HUMAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA DEPENDENT ATPASE; RNA-DEPENDENT ATPASE; RNPS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SRRM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; THOC4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXONS; HUMANS; METHIONINE; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037175374     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200207128     Document Type: Article

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