Target discrimination by RNA-binding proteins: Role of the ancillary protein U2A' and a critical leucine residue in differentiating the RNA- binding specificity of spliceosomal proteins U1A and U2B'

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1386-1396

  Rimmele, Martina E ^a   Belasco, Joel G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA splicing; RNA binding proteins; RRM domain; SnRNP; U1A; U2B'

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U2 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPLICEOSOMES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031788566     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838298981171     Document Type: Article

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