Solution Structure of the U11-48K CHHC Zinc-Finger Domain that Specifically Binds the 5′ Splice Site of U12-Type Introns

Structure

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-302

  Tidow, Henning ^a   Andreeva, Antonina ^a   Rutherford, Trevor J ^a   Fersht, Alan R ^a  

^a MRC CENTRE FOR PROTEIN ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

RNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PROTEIN U11 48K CHHC; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE PAIRING; HUMANS; INTRONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA STABILITY; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUTIONS; SPLICEOSOMES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 59649087166     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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