Identification of a U2/U6 helix la mutant that influences 3' splice site selection during nuclear pre-mRNA splicing

RNA

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1120-1130

  Chang, Ji Suk ^a   McPheeters, David S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA splicing; Splicing fidelity; U2 RNA; U6 RNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; YEAST;

ACTINS; ADENOSINE; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0342656532     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838200000133     Document Type: Article

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