Structural basis of the RNA-binding specificity of human U1A protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5764-5774

  Allain, Frédéric H T ^a   Howe, Peter W A ^b   Neuhaus, David ^c   Varani, Gabriele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NMR; Polyadenylation inhibition element; RNA protein interaction; RNP domain; U1A protein

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030755124     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.18.5764     Document Type: Article

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