Analysis of sequence and structural features that identify the B/C motif of U3 small nucleolar RNA as the recognition site for the Snu13p-Rrp9p protein pair

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1191-1206

  Clery A ^a   Senty Segault V ^a   Leclerc, F ^a   Raue H A ^b   Branlant, C ^a  

^a Biopôle de l Université de Lorraine   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN NOP1P; PROTEIN NOP56P; PROTEIN NOP58P; PROTEIN RRP9P; PROTEIN SNU13P; PROTEIN SNU13P RRP9P; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA U3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; EUKARYOTE; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GUANINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; RNA STABILITY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SELEX APTAMER TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33846907471     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01287-06     Document Type: Article

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