UAP56- a key player with surprisingly diverse roles in pre-mRNA splicing and nuclear export

BMB Reports

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 185-188

  Shen, Haihong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MRNA nuclear export; Pre mRNA splicing; UAP56

Indexed keywords

BAT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 66849083719     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2009.42.4.185     Document Type: Short Survey

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