U2–U6 RNA folding reveals a group II intron-like domain and a four-helix junction

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1237-1242

  Sashital, Dipali G ^a   Cornilescu, Gabriel ^a   Butcher, Samuel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; U2 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; U6 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; INTRONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 16544367233     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb863     Document Type: Article

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