Solution structure of the N-terminal RNP domain of U1A protein: The role of C-terminal residues in structure stability and RNA binding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 398-411

  Avis, Johanna M ^a,b   Allain, Frédéric H T ^a   Howe, Peter W A ^a   Varani, Gabriele ^a   Nagai, Kiyoshi ^a   Neuhaus, David ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NMR structure; RNA potein interaction; RNP domain; U1A protein

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; SPLICEOSOME;

EID: 0029978824     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0171     Document Type: Article

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