Synthetic lethality of yeast slt mutations with U2 small nuclear RNA mutations suggests functional interactions between U2 and U5 snRNPs that are important for both steps of pre-mRNA splicing

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2055-2066

  Xu, Deming ^a   Field, Deborah J ^a   Tang, Shou Jiang ^a   Moris, Arnaud ^a   Bobechko, Brian P ^a   Friesen, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031922271     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.4.2055     Document Type: Article

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