Nuclear export of mRNA: From the site of transcription to the cytoplasm

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-20

  Erkmann, Judith A ^a   Kutay, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

mRNA; Nuclear export; NXF; REF

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR EXPORT FACTOR 1; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P15; PROTEIN YRA1P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYTOPLASM; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

METAZOA;

EID: 2142826777     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.03.015     Document Type: Review

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