A critical assessment of the utility of protein-free splicing systems

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Smith, Duncan J ^a   Konarska, Maria M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA catalysis; snRNAs; Splicing

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

CELL VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA SPLICING; SHORT SURVEY; SPLICEOSOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 58149088299     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1322709     Document Type: Short Survey

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