Exonic sequences in the 5' untranslated region of α-tubulin mRNA modulate trans splicing in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4620-4628

  López Estraño, Carlos ^a   Tschudi, Christian ^a   Ullu, Elisabetta ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 2642671975     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.8.4620     Document Type: Article

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