The HeLa 200 kDa U5 snRNP-specific protein and its homologue in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are members of the DEXH-box protein family of putative RNA helicases

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4001-4015

  Lauber, Jürgen ^a   Fabrizio, Patrizia ^a   Teigelkamp, Stefan ^a   Lane, William S ^b   Hartmann, Enno ^c   Lührmann, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATPase; DEXH box; RNA helicase; RNA splicing; U5 snRNP

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA HELICASE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029782402     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00774.x     Document Type: Article

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