Functional base-pairing interaction between highly conserved elements of U3 small nucleolar RNA and the small ribosomal subunit RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 645-654

  Hughes, John M X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pre rRNA processing; Ribosome biogenesis; Saccharomyces; snoRNA; U3 small nucleolar RNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; YEAST;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 0030596520     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0346     Document Type: Article

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