Cotranscriptional mRNP assembly: From the DNA to the nuclear pore

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-250

  Aguilera, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

BIOGENESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CROSS LINKING; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PORE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA CAPS; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSPORT; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 19344363274     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2005.03.001     Document Type: Review

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