Transcriptional pulse-chase analysis reveals a role for a novel snRNP-associated protein in the manufacture of spliceosomal snRNPs

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4368-4379

  Noble, Suzanne M ^a   Guthrie, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brr1; Pulse chase; Sm; snRNP

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COLD; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPLICEOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029756583     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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