Nuclear Matrix Factor hnRNP U/SAF-A Exerts a Global Control of Alternative Splicing by Regulating U2 snRNP Maturation

Molecular Cell

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 656-668

  Xiao, Rui ^a   Tang, Peng ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Huang, Jie ^a   Zhou, Yu ^b   Shao, Changwei ^a   Li, Hairi ^b   Sun, Hui ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a,c   Fu, Xiang Dong ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ABLife Inc   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN U; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 2; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL STRUCTURE; COILED BODY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MATURATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; COILED BODIES; HELA CELLS; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN U; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U2 SMALL NUCLEAR; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 2 PROTEIN;

EID: 84862807502     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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