A protein related to the vaccinia virus cap-specific methyltransferase VP39 is involved in cap 4 modification inTrypanosoma brucei

RNA

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-62

  Arhin, George K ^a   Li, Hongjie ^a   Ullu, Elisabetta ^a   Tschudi, Christian ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 O methyltransferase; Cap 4 modification; RNAi; SL RNA; trans splicing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN VP 39; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DOWN REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA METHYLATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRANS SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS CAPSID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA CAP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA CAPS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; TRANS-SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; MIRIDAE; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 29844451224     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2223406     Document Type: Article

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