Insights into Branch Nucleophile Positioning and Activation from an Orthogonal Pre-mRNA Splicing System in Yeast

Molecular Cell

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-343

  Smith, Duncan J ^a   Konarska, Maria M ^a   Query, Charles C ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOPHILE; NUCLEOTIDE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 65549090941     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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