Spliceosome activation: U4 is the path, stem I is the goal, and Prp8 is the keeper. let's cheer for the ATPase Brr2!

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2461-2467

  Nielsen, Klaus H ^a   Staley, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational state; Pre mRNA splicing; RNA protein complex; RNA protein cross linking; Spliceosome catalytic activation; Splicing; UV cross linking

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BRR2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PRP8 PROTEIN; STEM I PROTEIN; U4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLICEOSOME;

EID: 84869152716     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.207514.112     Document Type: Article

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