Spliceosomal introns in conserved sequences of U1 and U5 small nuclear RNA genes in yeast Rhodotorula hasegawae

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 677-683

  Takahashi, Yuzi ^a   Tani, Tokio ^a   Ohshima, Yasumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pre mRNA splicing; Spliceosomal intron; U1 snRNA; U4 snRNA; U5 snRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; RHODOTORULA; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; YEAST;

ERYTHROBASIDIUM HASEGAWIANUM;

EID: 0029761414     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021465     Document Type: Article

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