Initial recognition of U12-dependent introns requires both U11/5' splice-site and U12/branchpoint interactions

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 851-863

  Frilander, Mikko J ^a   Steitz, Joan A ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

A complex formation; Pre mRNA splicing; Spliceosome assembly; U11 snRNP; U12 snRNP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE DELETION; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033119176     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.7.851     Document Type: Article

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