Conditional mutants of the yeast mRNA capping enzyme show that the cap enhances, but is not required for, mRNA splicing

RNA

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 584-596

  Fresco, Lucille D ^a   Buratowski, Stephen ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cap; CEG1; guanylyltransferase; m7G cap; mRNA transport; polyadenylation

Indexed keywords

7 METHYLGUANOSINE; CAPPED RNA; GUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; GUANYLYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; YEAST;

5'-GUANYLIC ACID; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CODON; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RNA CAPS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029951308     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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