Mitochondrial protein synthesis is not required for efficient excision of intron aI5β from COX1 pre-mRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-91

  Johnson, C H ^a,b   McEwen, J E ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

COX1; Mitochondria; RNA processing; RT PCR; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRONS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030686559     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050549     Document Type: Article

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