Spliceosome structure: Piece by piece

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1789, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 624-633

  Ritchie, Dustin B ^a   Schellenberg, Matthew J ^a   MacMillan, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

EM; NMR; Spliceosome; Structure; X ray

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; U2 AUXILIARY FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PYRIMIDINES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLICEOSOMES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 71849117416     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2009.08.010     Document Type: Review

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