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Fol. Biol. 2002, 48, 69-72

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2002048020069

An ATP-Dependent Step Is Required for the Translocation of Microinjected Precursor mRNA into Nuclear Speckles

V. Kopský1,2,3, J. Večeřová2,3, I. Melčák2,3,4, A. Pliss2,3, J. Štulík3, K. Koberna2,3, L. Tomášková2,3, Ivan Raška2,3

1Department of Animal Physiology and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Czech Republic
2Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
3Laboratory of Gene Expression, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
4Laboratory of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

Received January 2002
Accepted January 2002

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