Functional Roles of Spliceosomal SNRNA Modifications in Pre-MRNA Splicing

RNA and DNA Editing: Molecular Mechanisms and Their Integration into Biological Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 175-189

  Stephenson, David ^a   Karijolich, John ^a   Yu, Yi Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA independent (protein only) and RNA dependent (RNA protein complexes) mechanisms; Uridine base specific modification; Xenopus oocyte reconstitution system

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249139030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470262269.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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