Human splicing factor SF3a, but not SF1, is essential for pre-mRNA splicing in vivo

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1366-1377

  Tanackovic, Goranka ^a   Krämer, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; COILED BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; COILED BODIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U2 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 14844312915     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E04-11-1034     Document Type: Article

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