Structure-function relationships of the polypyrimidine tract binding protein

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 516-527

  Auweter, S D ^a,b   Allain, F H T ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Polypyrimidine tract binding protein; RBD; RNA recognition motifs; RNA protein complex; RNA protein recognition; Splicing regulation; Translation regulation

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT-BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 39749187574     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-007-7378-2     Document Type: Review

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