The human U5-220kD protein (hPrp8) forms a stable RNA-free complex with several U5-specific proteins, including an RNA unwindase, a homologue of ribosomal elongation factor EF-2, and a novel WD-40 protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 6756-6766

  Achsel, Tilmann ^c   Ahrens, Katharina ^a,c   Brahms, Hero ^c   Teigelkamp, Stefan ^b,c   Lührmann, Reinhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ScheboTech GmbH   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0031741144     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.11.6756     Document Type: Article

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