Strong dependence between functional domains in a dual-function snoRNA infers coupling of rRNA processing and modification events

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3376-3387

  Liang, Xue Hai ^a,b   Liu, Qing ^a,b   Liu, Quansheng ^a,c   King, Thomas H ^a,d   Fournier, Maurille J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GlobeImmune Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HAIRPIN; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RNA PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR;

EID: 77953690130     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq043     Document Type: Article

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