The Saccharomyces cerevisiae U2 snRNA:pseudouridine-synthase Pus7p is a novel multisite-multisubstrate RNA:ψ-synthase also acting on tRNAs

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1371-1382

  Behm Ansmant, Isabelle ^a   Urban, Alan ^a   Ma, Xiaoju ^b   Yu, Yi Tao ^b   Motorin, Yuri ^a   Branlant, Christiane ^a  

^a Biopôle de l Université de Lorraine   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intron dependent; Pre tRNATyr; Pseudouridine synthase; tRNAs; UsnRNAs; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHOSPHORUS 32; PSEUDOURIDINE; PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME RNA; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142147324     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5520403     Document Type: Article

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