Reflections on the history of pre-mRNA processing and highlights of current knowledge: A unified picture

RNA

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 443-460

  Darnell, James E ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pre mRNA processing

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE MUTATION; GLOBIN GENE; HELA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SPLICEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; YEAST CELL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875429298     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.038596.113     Document Type: Review

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