Structure and novel functional mechanism of Drosophila SNF in sex-lethal splicing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Hu, Jicheng ^a,b,c   Cui, Gaofeng ^a,c   Li, Congmin ^a,c   Liu, Cong ^b   Shang, Erchang ^c   Lai, Luhua ^c   Jin, Changwen ^a,b,c   Wang, Jiwu ^d   Xia, Bin ^a,b,c  

^a Beijing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Allele Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; SEX LETHAL PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SEX DETERMINATION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN BINDING;

MAMMALIA;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXONS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); URIDINE;

EID: 70149088587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006890     Document Type: Article

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