A spontaneous duplication in U6 spliceosomal RNA uncouples the early and late functions of the ACAGA element in vivo

RNA

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 879-894

  Li, Zairong ^a   Brow, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

pre mRNA splicing; U4 RNA; U6 RNA; yeast

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOME;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, LETHAL; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOMES;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029958501     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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