RNA Intracellular Transport
Isabel Palacios, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Elisa Izaurralde, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0000896
Abstract
RNA intracellular transport includes the export of an RNA from its site of synthesis, the nucleus, to the cytoplasm and for
some RNAs, the subsequent localization to specific cytoplasmic subdomains.
Keywords: RNA transport; RNA localization; nuclear export; cell differentiation; RNA‐binding proteins
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