Identification and characterization of a yeast gene encoding the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle B″ protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2787-2795

  Tang, Jie ^a   Abovich, Nadja ^a   Rosbash, Michael ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U2 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029994421     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.2787     Document Type: Article

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