The role of Snu114p during pre-mRNA splicing

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 551-553

  Frazer, Lily Novak ^a   Nancollis, Verity ^a   O'Keefe, Raymond T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elongation factor 2 (EF 2); GTPase; Pre mRNA splicing; Snu114p; Spliceosome; U5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (U5 snRNP)

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SNU114P PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U5 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBOSOMES; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR;

EID: 45249105108     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0360551     Document Type: Review

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