Pseudouridines in and near the branch site recognition region of U2 snRNA are required for snRNP biogenesis and pre-mRNA splicing in Xenopus oocytes

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 681-690

  Zhao, Xinliang ^a   Yu, Yi Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 fluorouridine; Branch site recognition region (BSRR); Pre mRNA splicing; Pseudouridine ( ); U2 snRNA snRNP; U2 U6 helix III

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; PSEUDOURIDINE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; U2 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOGENESIS; BRANCH SITE RECOGNITION REGION; CATALYSIS; CHIMERA; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENHANCER REGION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPLICEOSOME; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; OOCYTES; PSEUDOURIDINE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES; URIDINE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642447085     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5159504     Document Type: Article

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