A model in vitro system for co-transcriptional splicing

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 7570-7578

  Yu, Yong ^a   Das, Rita ^a   Folco, Eric G ^a   Reed, Robin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; EXON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

METAZOA;

EID: 78649813424     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq620     Document Type: Article

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