CUS2, a yeast homolog of human Tat-SF1, rescues function of misfolded U2 through an unusual RNA recognition motif

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 5000-5009

  Yan, Dong ^a   Perriman, Rhonda ^a   Igel, Haller ^a   Howe, Kenneth J ^a   Neville, Megan ^a   Ares Jr , Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031865048     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.9.5000     Document Type: Article

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