A role for the yeast La protein in U6 snRNP assembly: Evidence that the La protein is a molecular chaperone for RNA polymerase III transcripts

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 7442-7453

  Pannone, Barbara K ^a   Xue, Dahai ^a   Wolin, Sandra L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

La autoantigen; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sm like proteins; snRNP assembly; U6 snRNA

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CHAPERONE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIGENS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U4-U6 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032535451     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.24.7442     Document Type: Article

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