A flexible RNA backbone within the polypyrimidine tract is required for U2AF65 binding and pre-mRNA splicing in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4108-4119

  Chen, Chun ^a   Zhao, Xinliang ^a   Kierzek, Ryszard ^b   Yu, Yi Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PSEUDOURIDINE; U2 AUXILIARY FACTOR 65; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PYRIMIDINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR; SPLICING FACTOR U2AF;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA SPLICING; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OOCYTES; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRIMIDINES; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; URIDINE; XENOPUS;

EID: 77956622329     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00531-10     Document Type: Article

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