Dependence of pre-mRNA introns on PRP17, a non-essential splicing factor: Implications for efficient progression through cell cycle transitions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2333-2343

  Chawla, Geetanjali ^a   Sapra, Aparna K ^a   Surana, Uttam ^b   Vijayraghavan, Usha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BENOMYL; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRP17; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CDC40 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CLN2 PROTEIN, YEAST; CYCLINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR; TUBULIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC CODE; HAPLOIDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; YEAST CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CYCLINS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; G1 PHASE; G2 PHASE; INTRONS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; S PHASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUBULIN;

EID: 0037736808     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg333     Document Type: Article

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