Structural properties and RNA-binding activities of two RNA recognition motifs of a mouse neural RNA-binding protein, mouse-Musashi-1

Gene

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-27

  Kurihara, Yasuyuki ^a   Nagata, Takashi ^a   Imai, Takao ^a,b   Hiwatashi, Ado ^a   Horiuchi, Masataka ^a   Sakakibara, Shin ichi ^b   Katahira, Masato ^a   Okano, Hideyuki ^b,c,d   Uesugi, Seiichi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

helix; sheet; Circular dichroism; Elav; Musashi; Northwestern blotting; Secondary structure; U1 snRNP A

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031579450     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00673-7     Document Type: Article

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