The structure and function of small nucleolar ribonucleoproteins

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1452-1464

  Reichow, Steve L ^a   Hamma, Tomoko ^b   Ferré D'Amaré, Adrian R ^b   Varani, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; CORE PROTEIN; DYSKERIN; FIBRILLARIN; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; HYDRO-LYASES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34247130376     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1172     Document Type: Article

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