The role of snRNAs in spliceosomal catalysis

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-228

  Valadkhan, Saba ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Group II introns; Prp8; Ribozyme; RNA world; snRNAs; Spliceosome; Splicing; U2; U6

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; METAL ION; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA ISOLATION; RNA STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME;

CATALYSIS; GROUP II INTRONS; PRP8; RIBOZYME; RNA WORLD; SNRNAS; SPLICEOSOME; SPLICING; U2; U6;

BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; INTRONS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 84896738733     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381286-5.00006-8     Document Type: Chapter

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