The role of RNP biogenesis in spinal muscular atrophy

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-393

  Chari, Ashwin ^a   Paknia, Elham ^a   Fischer, Utz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UBIQUITIN;

BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPLICEOSOME; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SMN COMPLEX PROTEINS; SNRNP CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 66049124365     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.02.004     Document Type: Review

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