The structure of the ITS2-proximal stem is required for pre-rRNA processing in yeast

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1610-1622

  Peculis, Brenda A ^a   Greer, Chris L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ITS2; Nucleolus; Processing; RRNA; SnoRNA; Xenopus; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; XENOPUS; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031731302     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838298981420     Document Type: Article

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