The U14 snoRNA is required for 2'-O-methylation of the pre-18S rRNA in Xenopus oocytes

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-204

  Dunbar, D A ^a   Baserga, S J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nucleolus; Processing; Ribosomes; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA 18S; RNA PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA METHYLATION; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSPORT KINETICS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; KINETICS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; OOCYTES; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031942702     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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