Site-specific deoxynucleotide substitutions in yeast U6 snRNA block splicing of pre-mRNA in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2119-2129

  Kim, Chang Hee ^a   Ryan, Daniel E ^a   Marciniec, Tadeusz ^b   Abelson, John ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

2' hydroxyl; Group II intron; Spliceosome; Stem loop; U6 reconstitution

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RIBOZYME; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES; YEASTS;

EID: 0030943760     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.8.2119     Document Type: Article

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