Visualizing the splicing of single pre-mRNA molecules in whole cell extract

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 170-179

  Crawford, Daniel J ^a,b   Hoskins, Aaron A ^a,b   Friedman, Larry J ^a   Gelles, Jeff ^a   Moore, Melissa J ^a,b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA splicing; Single molecule fluorescence; Spliceosome; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; MESSENGER RNA; SCAVENGER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE; INTRON; MACROMOLECULE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPLICEOSOME; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRONS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 38049077956     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.794808     Document Type: Article

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