Functional interaction of a novel 15.5kD [U4/U6·U5] tri-snRNP protein with the 5' stem-loop of U4 snRNA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6119-6133

  Nottrott, Stephanie ^a   Hartmuth, Klaus ^a   Fabrizio, Patrizia ^a   Urlaub, Henning ^a   Vidovic, Ivan ^a   Ficner, Ralf ^a   Lührmann, Reinhard ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pre mRNA splicing; RNA protein interaction; SnRNPs; U4 snRNA

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 0033229873     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.21.6119     Document Type: Article

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