RNA hairpins with non-nucleotide spacers bind efficiently to the human U1A protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-275

  Williams, D Jeremy ^a   Hall, Kathleen B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Non nucleotide spacers; RNA: protein interactions; U1A

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; HYPOTHESIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029911683     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0161     Document Type: Article

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