The 5′ End of U2 snRNA Is in Close Proximity to U1 and Functional Sites of the Pre-mRNA in Early Spliceosomal Complexes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-411

  Dönmez, Gizem ^a   Hartmuth, Klaus ^a   Kastner, Berthold ^a   Will, Cindy L ^a   Lührmann, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CELLCYCLE

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; IRON 1 (4 BROMOACETOMIDOBENZYL)EDETIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1 (4 BROMOACETAMIDOBENZYL)EDTA; 1-(4-BROMOACETAMIDOBENZYL)EDTA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; U1 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; U2 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SPLICEOSOME; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA SPLICING;

EDETIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 33846665912     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.12.019     Document Type: Article

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