Structure of the spliceosomal U4 snRNP core domain and its implication for snRNP biogenesis

Nature

Volumn 473, Issue 7348, 2011, Pages 536-539

  Leung, Adelaine K W ^a,b   Nagai, Kiyoshi ^a   Li, Jade ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SM; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; RNA; SAMARIUM; SUBSTRATE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; SPLICEOSOME;

BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U4-U6 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA; SPLICEOSOMES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 79957601559     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09956     Document Type: Article

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