Processing of a dicistronic small nucleolar RNA precursor by the RNA endonuclease Rnt1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3726-3737

  Chanfreau, Guillaume ^a   Rotondo, Giuseppe ^a   Legrain, Pierre ^a   Jacquier, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

RNase III; rRNA; SnoRNA; SnoRNP; U14

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; FUNGAL RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENES; GUANOSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA CAPS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032126735     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.13.3726     Document Type: Article

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