Splicing factor Prp8 governs U4/U6 RNA unwinding during activation of the spliceosome

Molecular Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-75

  Kuhn, Andreas N ^a   Li, Zairong ^a,b   Brow, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRP8; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLICEOSOME; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0033047503     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80175-6     Document Type: Article

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