NMD factors UPF2 and UPF3 bridge UPF1 to the exon junction complex and stimulate its RNA helicase activity

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-93

  Chamieh, Hala ^a   Ballut, Lionel ^a,b   Bonneau, Fabien ^a,c   Le Hir, Hervé ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR 4AIII; INITIATION FACTOR 4A; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN MAGOH; PROTEIN UPF1; PROTEIN UPF2; PROTEIN UPF3B; PROTEIN Y14; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CODON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; EXON JUNCTION COMPLEX; HUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING;

BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; EXONS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; RNA HELICASES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 37849005006     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1330     Document Type: Article

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