Three-dimensional structure of the native spliceosome by cryo-electron microscopy

Molecular Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 833-839

  Azubel, Maia ^a   Wolf, Sharon G ^b   Sperling, Joseph ^b   Sperling, Ruth ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RNA STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CELL NUCLEUS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 4444233084     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.07.022     Document Type: Article

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