Functional analysis of the U5 snRNA loop 1 in the second catalytic step of yeast pre-mRNA splicing

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 565-574

  O'Keefe, Raymond T ^a,b   Newman, Andrew J ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In vitro reconstitution; Pre mRNA splicing; Spliceosome; U5 snRNA; Yeast

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EXON; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; YEAST;

CATALYSIS; EXONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0032518905     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.2.565     Document Type: Article

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