Functional analysis of SNF, the Drosophila U1A/U2B'' homolog: Identification of dispensable and indispensable motifs for both snRNP assembly and function in vivo

RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1440-1450

  Stitzinger, Shane M ^a   Conrad, Teresa R ^a   Zachlin, Alice M ^a   Salz, Helen K ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pre mRNA splicing; sans fille; snRNP assembly; U1 snRNP; U2 snRNP

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U2 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032709519     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838299991306     Document Type: Article

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