Identification of genes in the genome of the archaeon Methanosarcina mazeii that code for homologs of nuclear eukaryotic molecules involved in RNA processing

Gene

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-85

  Hickey, Anthony J ^a   MacArio, Alberto J L ^a,b   Conway De MacArio, Everly ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrillarin; GAR domain; Nop58p; Pre rRNA; Prp31p; snoRNAs; snRNAs

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FIBRILLARIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOSARCINA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL EXTRACTS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034713891     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00235-3     Document Type: Article

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