A nuclear function of Hu proteins as neuron-specific alternative RNA processing regulators

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5105-5114

  Zhu, Hui ^a   Hasman, Robert A ^a   Barron, Victoria A ^a   Luo, Guangbin ^a   Lou, Hua ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; HU PROTEIN; HUB PROTEIN; HUC PROTEIN; HUD PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TIA 1; PROTEIN TIAR; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; TRANSLATION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EXONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; URIDINE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845380816     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-02-0099     Document Type: Article

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