Three-dimensional structure of a pre-catalytic human spliceosomal complex B

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-468

  Boehringer, Daniel ^a   Makarov, Evgeny M ^a   Sander, Bjoern ^a   Makarova, Olga V ^a,b   Kastner, Berthold ^a   Lührmann, Reinhard ^a   Stark, Holger ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPLICEOSOME;

CATALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 2342539773     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb761     Document Type: Article

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