A minimal spliceosomal complex A recognizes the branch site and polypyrimidine tract

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2944-2953

  Query, Charles C ^a,b   McCaw, Patrick S ^a   Sharp, Phillip A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PYRIMIDINE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS LINKING; DISSOCIATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLICEOSOME;

EID: 0030953474     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.5.2944     Document Type: Article

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