Subunit stoichiometry of the Drosophila melanogaster small nuclear RNA activating protein complex (SNAPc)

FEBS Letters

Volumn 582, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 3734-3738

  Lai, Hsien Tsung ^a,b   Kang, Yoon Soon ^a,b   Stumph, William E ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA ACTIVATING PROTEIN 190; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA ACTIVATING PROTEIN 43; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA ACTIVATING PROTEIN 50; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA ACTIVATING PROTEIN COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 54849407594     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.09.059     Document Type: Article

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