The RNA-binding landscapes of two SR proteins reveal unique functions and binding to diverse RNA classes

Genome Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Änkö, Minna Liisa ^a,d   Müller McNicoll, Michaela ^a   Brandl, Holger ^a   Curk, Tomaz ^c   Gorup, Crtomir ^c   Henry, Ian ^a   Ule, Jernej ^b   Neugebauer, Karla M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SRSF3; PROTEIN SRSF4; SERINE ARGININE RICH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SRSF3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA METABOLISM; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

MURINAE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; INTRONS; MICE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84860268701     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-3-r17     Document Type: Article

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