Three recognition events at the branch-site adenine

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1392-1402

  Query, Charles C ^a   Strobel, Scott A ^b,c   Sharp, Phillip A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenine analogs; Nucleophile; RNA splicing; Site specific modifications

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029917043     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00481.x     Document Type: Article

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