Function and synthesis of small nucleolar RNAs

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-342

  Tollervey, David ^a   Kiss, Tamás ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLARIN; PSEUDOURIDINE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA METHYLATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; YEAST CELL;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030963268     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80005-1     Document Type: Article

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