Unscrambling genetic information at the RNA level

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-228

  Moreira, Sandrine ^a   Breton, Sophie ^a   Burger, Gertraud ^a  

^a Universite de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUGLENIDA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLICEOSOME; TRANS SPLICING;

GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DINOPHYCEAE; DIPLONEMIDA; EUGLENIDA;

EID: 84867590681     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1106     Document Type: Review

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