Invariant U2 snRNA Nucleotides Form a Stem Loop to Recognize the Intron Early in Splicing

Molecular Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 416-427

  Perriman, Rhonda ^a   Ares Jr , Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRP5P; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME; YEAST;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; YEASTS;

EID: 77951956596     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.02.036     Document Type: Article

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