The Schizosaccharomyces pombe protein Yab8p and a novel factor, Yip1p, share structural and functional similarity with the spinal muscular atrophy-associated proteins SMN and SIP1

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 663-674

  Hannus, Stefan ^a   Bühler, Dirk ^a   Romano, Marta ^a   Seraphin, Bertrand ^b   Fischer, Utz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMN INTERACTING PROTEIN 1; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPLICEOSOME; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0343293980     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.5.663     Document Type: Article

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