Unique Sm core structure of U7 snRNPs: Assembly by a specialized SMN complex and the role of a new component, Lsm11, in histone RNA processing

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2321-2333

  Pillai, Ramesh S ^a,d   Grimmler, Matthias ^b   Meister, Gunter ^b,e   Will, Cindy L ^c   Lührmann, Reinhard ^c   Fischer, Utz ^b   Schümperli, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Histone pre mRNA 3 processing; Sm core structure; Sm like protein; Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein; SMN Gemin complex

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HISTONE; PROTEIN D1; PROTEIN D2; PROTEIN LSM11; PROTEIN SM; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTONEURON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; SPLICEOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U7 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0141818102     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.274403     Document Type: Article

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