Biased Brownian ratcheting leads to pre-mRNA remodeling and capture prior to first-step splicing

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1450-1457

  Krishnan, Ramya ^a   Blanco, Mario R ^a   Kahlscheuer, Matthew L ^a   Abelson, John ^b   Guthrie, Christine ^b   Walter, Nils G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIASED BROWNIAN RATCHETING; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HISTOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA PURIFICATION; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

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EID: 84890208734     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2704     Document Type: Article

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