Human homologs of yeast Prp16 and Prp17 reveal conservation of the mechanism for catalytic step II of pre-mRNA splicing

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2095-2106

  Zhou, Zhaolan ^a   Reed, Robin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic step II; hPrp16; hPrp17; Spliceosome; Splicing factor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PROTEIN PRP; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME; YEAST;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPLICEOSOMES;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0032055455     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.7.2095     Document Type: Article

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