The splicing factor U2AF small subunit is functionally conserved between fission yeast and humans

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4229-4240

  Webb, Christopher J ^a   Wise, Jo Ann ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRYPTOPHAN; ZINC; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; SPLICING FACTOR U2AF;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA BINDING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA SPLICING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 2942594589     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.10.4229-4240.2004     Document Type: Article

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