The canonical GU dinucleotide at the 5' splice site is recognized by p220 of the U5 snRNP within the spliceosome

RNA

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-225

  Reyes, José L ^a   Kois, Pavol ^a,b   Konforti, Boyana B ^a,c   Konarska, Maria M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

5' splice site recognition; p220 Prp8; pre mRNA splicing; trans splicing

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U5 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOMES; THIOURIDINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0029827836     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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