Coupling transcription, splicing and mRNA export

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 326-331

  Reed, Robin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSPORT; YEAST;

METAZOA;

EID: 0038699144     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(03)00048-6     Document Type: Review

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