Electron microscopy of assembly intermediates of the snRNP core: Morphological similarities between the RNA-free (E.F.G) protein heteromer and the intact snRNP core

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-94

  Plessel, Gabriele ^a   Lührmann, Reinhard ^a   Kastner, Berthold ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Pre mRNA splicing; Protein protein interaction; Sm core proteins; snRNP

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME;

EID: 0031575412     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0713     Document Type: Article

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