Protein functions in pre-mRNA splicing

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 320-328

  Will, Cindy L ^a   Lührmann, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RNA HELICASE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0343907206     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80003-8     Document Type: Article

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