Contribution of the tyrosines to the structure and function of the human U1A N-terminal RNA binding domain

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1567-1583

  Kranz, James K ^a   Lu, Jirong ^a   Hall, Kathleen B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

NMR; protein structure and energetics; RNA binding domain

Indexed keywords

RNA; TYROSINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030018338     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050812     Document Type: Article

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