A tertiary interaction detected in a human U2-U6 snRNA complex assembled in vitro resembles a genetically proven interaction in yeast

RNA

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 206-219

  Valadkhan, Saba ^a   Manley, James L ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Pre mRNA splicing; Tertiary interaction; U2 U6 complex; UV crosslinking

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RIBONUCLEASE H; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SPLICEOSOME; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE H, CALF THYMUS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOMES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033962271     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838200992197     Document Type: Article

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