Alternative modes of binding by U2AF65 at the polypyrimidine tract

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 449-459

  Henscheid, Kristy L ^a   Voelker, Rodger B ^a   Berglund, J Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; INTRONS; RNA BINDING AFFINITY;

CHEMICAL BONDS; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; RNA;

PROTEINS;

ARGININE; HETERODIMER; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN U2AF65; PYRIMIDINE; SERINE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; INTRON; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT-BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, FUNGAL;

EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 37848998742     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi701240t     Document Type: Article

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