Mechanistic insights into precursor messenger RNA splicing by the spliceosome
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Shi, Y. (2017). Mechanistic insights into precursor messenger RNA splicing by the spliceosome. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 18(11), 655–670.

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  1. Yigong Shi (first)
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@article{Shi_2017, title={Mechanistic insights into precursor messenger RNA splicing by the spliceosome}, volume={18}, ISSN={1471-0080}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrm.2017.86}, DOI={10.1038/nrm.2017.86}, number={11}, journal={Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Shi, Yigong}, year={2017}, month=sep, pages={655–670} }