Identification by mass spectrometry and functional analysis of novel proteins of the yeast [U4/U6·U5] tri-snRNP

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4535-4548

  Gottschalk, Alexander ^a   Neubauer, Gitte ^b   Banroques, Josette ^c   Mann, Matthias ^b,d   Lührmann, Reinhard ^a,e   Fabrizio, Patrizia ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lsm proteins; Mass spectrometry; Pre mRNA splicing; RSE1; snRNP proteins

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; PROTEIN A; RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U2 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U4-U6 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U5 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 0033575711     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.16.4535     Document Type: Article

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