Trypanosoma brucei spliced leader RNA maturation by the cap 1 2′-O-ribose methyltransferase and SLA1 H/ACA snoRNA pseudouridine synthase complex

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1202-1211

  Zamudio, Jesse R ^a,c   Mittra, Bidyottam ^a   Chattopadhyay, Arnab ^a   Wohlschlege, James A ^a   Sturm, Nancy R ^a,b   Campbell, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOURIDINE; RIBOSE; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SPLICED LEADER RNA; URACIL; CAPPED RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; MUTASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASES; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA;

ARTICLE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RIBOSE; RNA CAPS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 61749085638     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01496-08     Document Type: Article

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