Defining the RGG/RG Motif

Molecular Cell

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 613-623

  Thandapani, Palaniraja ^a   O'Connor, Timothy R ^b   Bailey, Timothy L ^b   Richard, Stéphane ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCKING PROTEIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; BIOGENESIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EWING SARCOMA; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; ARGININE; DNA DAMAGE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84878840917     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.05.021     Document Type: Review

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