Pseudouridylation (Ψ) of U2 snRNA in S.cerevisiae is catalyzed by an RNA-independent mechanism

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1889-1897

  Ma, Xiaoju ^a   Zhao, Xinliang ^a   Yu, Yi Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GST ORF protein library; Pseudouridylation; Pus7; S.cerevisiae; U2 snRNA

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; PSEUDOURIDINE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COILED BODY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; URIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037447130     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg191     Document Type: Article

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