A novel spliceosome containing U11, U12, and U5 snRNPs excises a minor class (AT-AC) intron in vitro

Cell

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 801-811

  Tarn, Woan Yuh ^a   Steitz, Joan A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PSORALEN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS LINKING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HELA CELL; INTRON; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

METAZOA;

EID: 0029863992     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81057-0     Document Type: Article

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