The family of box ACA small nucleolar RNAs is defined by an evolutionarily conserved secondary structure and ubiquitous sequence elements essential for RNA accumulation

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 941-956

  Ganot, Philippe ^a   Caizergues Ferrer, Michèle ^a   Kiss, Tamás ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

box ACA snoRNAs; intron encoded RNAs; nucleolus; RNA processing; Small nucleolar RNAs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031003901     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.7.941     Document Type: Article

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