Secondary structure of U6 small nuclear RNA: Implications for spliceosome assembly

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1099-1104

  Dunn, Elizabeth A ^a   Rader, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pre mRNA splicing; Prp24; Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein biogenesis (snRNP biogenesis); Spliceosome assembly; U4 small nuclear RNA; U6 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ALLOSTERISM; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 77955948846     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0381099     Document Type: Review

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