U17/snR30 is a Ubiquitous snoRNA with Two Conserved Sequence Motifs Essential for 18S rRNA Production

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1769-1778

  Atzorn, Vera ^a   Fragapane, Paola ^a,b   Kiss, Tamás ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SNR30; PROTEIN U17; RNA 18S; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESSENTIAL GENE; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, ESSENTIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842347403     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.4.1769-1778.2004     Document Type: Article

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