Yeast 18S rRNA dimethylase Dim1p: A quality control mechanism in ribosome synthesis?

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2360-2370

  Lafontaine, Denis L J ^a   Preiss, Thomas ^b   Tollervey, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 18S; RNA PRECURSOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031944479     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.4.2360     Document Type: Article

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