Combined in silico and experimental identification of the Pyrococcus abyssi H/ACA sRNAs and their target sites in ribosomal RNAs

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2459-2475

  Muller, Sébastien ^a   Leclerc, Fabrice ^a   Behm Ansmant, Isabelle ^a   Fourmann, Jean Baptiste ^a   Charpentier, Bruno ^a   Branlant, Christiane ^a  

^a Biopôle de l Université de Lorraine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DYSKERIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 23S; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE; URIDINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TARGETING; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PSEUDOURIDINE; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; SOFTWARE;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

EID: 43349108346     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn077     Document Type: Article

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