Identification and characterization of a yeast homolog of U1 snRNP-specific protein C

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4082-4091

  Tang, Jie ^b   Abovich, Nadja ^b   Fleming, Margaret L ^b   Séraphin, Bertrand ^a   Rosbash, Michael ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5' splice site; Pre mRNA; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; U1 snRNP specific protein C

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RABBITS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030960198     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.13.4082     Document Type: Article

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