The box C/D and H/ACA snoRNPs: Key players in the modification, processing and the dynamic folding of ribosomal RNA

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-414

  Watkins, Nicholas J ^a   Bohnsack, Markus T ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOX C D RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; BOX H ACA RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA HELICASE; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BASE PAIRING; CELL FUNCTION; DNA MODIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; BASE PAIRING; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; RNA FOLDING; RNA HELICASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR;

EID: 84865837598     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.117     Document Type: Review

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