Regulated pre-mRNA splicing: The ghostwriter of the eukaryotic genome

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1819, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 538-545

  Johnson, Tracy L ^a   Vilardell, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Histone modification; L30; Mer1; Spliceosome; Sus1; Yra1

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATIN; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA SPLICING; SUS1 GENE; YEAST; YRA1 GENE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENOME; HUMANS; INTRONS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84860426217     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2011.12.011     Document Type: Review

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