A quantitative analysis of intron effects on mammalian gene expression

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 607-617

  Nott, Ajit ^a   Meislin, Shlomo H ^a   Moore, Melissa J ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Luciferase; Splicing; TCR ; Transcription; Translation

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MAMMAL; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRONS; LUCIFERASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; RENILLA;

EID: 0037406116     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5250403     Document Type: Article

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