Architecture of the spliceosome

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3321-3333

  Van Der Feltz, Clarisse ^a   Anthony, Kelsey ^a   Brilot, Axel ^a   Pomeranz Krummel, Daniel A ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA-PROTEIN COMPLEXES; SPLICEOSOMES; STRUCTURAL STUDIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY;

RNA;

RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 84860116635     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi201215r     Document Type: Article

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