Splicing-related catalysis by protein-free snRNAS

Nature

Volumn 413, Issue 6857, 2001, Pages 701-707

  Valadkhan, S ^a   Manley, J L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENZYMES;

SPLICING;

RNA;

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EXON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ADENOSINE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ESTERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035909314     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35099500     Document Type: Article

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