U1 snRNA promotes the selection of nearby 5′ splice sites by U6 snRNA in mammalian cells

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 338-350

  Hwang, Dong Youn ^a   Cohen, Justus B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammalian pre mRNA splice site selection; U1 snRNA; U6 snRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; EXON; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030023256     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.3.338     Document Type: Article

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