Emerging Roles for hnRNPs in post-transcriptional regulation: What can we learn from flies?

Chromosoma

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 515-527

  Piccolo, Luca Lo ^a   Corona, Davide ^a   Onorati, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila; hnRNPs; Nucleoplasmic organization; Omega speckles; Post transcriptional gene regulation; Proteinopathies

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA PROCESSING;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEREDODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 84934285819     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-014-0470-0     Document Type: Review

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