The 5' end of the 18S rRNA can be positioned from within the mature rRNA

RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 678-686

  Sharma, Kishor ^a   Venema, Jaap ^a,c   Tollervey, David ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nucleolus; Pre rRNA; RNA processing; Small nucleolar RNA; Yeast

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032941874     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838299990052     Document Type: Article

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