In vitro assembly of human H/ACA small nucleolar RNPs reveals unique features of U17 and telomerase RNAs

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3037-3048

  Dragon, François ^a,b   Pogačić, Vanda ^a   Filipowicz, Witold ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GLYCINE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0343183144     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.9.3037-3048.2000     Document Type: Article

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