Processing of the precursors to small nucleolar RNAs and rRNAs requires common components

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1181-1189

  Petfalski, Elisabeth ^a   Dandekar, Thomas ^b   Henry, Yves ^c   Tollervey, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031935899     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.3.1181     Document Type: Article

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