RNA binding activity of heterodimeric splicing factor U2AF: At least one RS domain is required for high-affinity binding

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 4004-4011

  Rudner, David Z ^a,b   Breger, Kevin S ^a,c   Kanaar, Roland ^a,d   Adams, Melissa D ^a   Rio, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME;

EID: 0031806533     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.7.4004     Document Type: Article

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