U3 small nucleolar RNA is essential for cleavage at sites 1, 2 and 3 in pre-rRNA and determines which rRNA processing pathway is taken in xenopus oocytes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1347-1363

  Borovjagin, Anton V ^a   Gerbi, Susan A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

rRNA processing pathways; U3 snoRNA

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE H; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; XENOPUS;

XENOPUS;

EID: 0033548450     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2527     Document Type: Article

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