Nuclear RNA export

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 587-597

  Cullen, Bryan R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; mRNA; Nuclear pore complex; Nuclear RNA export

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RNA; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSPORT;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; KARYOPHERINS; NUCLEAR PORE; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037443026     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00268     Document Type: Review

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