Snu56p is required for Mer1p-activated meiotic splicing

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2497-2508

  Balzer, Richard J ^a   Henry, Michael F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PROTEIN MER1P; PROTEIN SNU56P; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; GAMETE; HAPLOIDY; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOME; SPOROGENESIS;

ALLELES; DIPLOIDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMOZYGOTE; MEIOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 42149192021     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00405-07     Document Type: Article

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