A doughnut-shaped heteromer of human Sm-like proteins binds to the 3'-end of U6 snRNA, thereby facilitating U4/U6 duplex formation in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 5789-5802

  Achsel, Tilmann ^a   Brahms, Hero ^a   Kastner, Berthold ^a   Bachi, Angela ^b   Wilm, Matthias ^b   Lührmann, Reinhard ^a,c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human splicing factors; Sm proteins; snRNP; U6 snRNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RIBONUCLEASE T1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U4-U6 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 0033569743     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.20.5789     Document Type: Article

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