Crystal structure of human UP1, the domain of hnRNP A1 that contains two RNA-recognition motifs

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 559-570

  Xu, Rui Ming ^a   Jokhan, Lana ^a   Cheng, Xiaodong ^a   Mayeda, Akila ^b   Krainer, Adrian R ^b  

^a W M Keck Structural Biology Laboratory   (United States)

^b Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

hnRNP A1; protein RNA interactions; RNA recognition motif; UP1; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

METAZOA;

EID: 0031569797     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00211-6     Document Type: Article

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