Healing for destruction: TRNA intron degradation in yeast is a two-step cytoplasmic process catalyzed by tRNA ligase Rlg1 and 5′-to-3′ exonuclease Xrn1

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1556-1561

  Wu, Jingyan ^a   Hopper, Anita K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 to 3 exonuclease; Intron turnover; Rlg1; TRNA ligation; tRNA splicing; Xrn1

Indexed keywords

5′ TO 3′ EXONUCLEASE; INTRON TURNOVER; RLG1; TRNA LIGATION; TRNA SPLICING; XRN1;

CYTOPLASM; EXORIBONUCLEASES; GENOME, FUNGAL; INTRONS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA LIGASE (ATP); RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84904297581     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.244673.114     Document Type: Article

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