Direct repression of splicing by transformer-2

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 5174-5185

  Chandler, Dawn S ^a   Qi, Junlin ^a   Mattox, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TRANSFORMER 2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL NUCLEUS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXONS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0042092002     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.15.5174-5185.2003     Document Type: Article

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