Single-molecule fluorescence-based studies on the dynamics, assembly and catalytic mechanism of the spliceosome

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1211-1218

  Warnasooriya, Chandani ^a   Rueda, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co localization single molecule spectroscopy (CoSMoS); Dynamics; Fluorescence; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET); Pre mRNA splicing; Single molecule; Splicessomal RNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 84905862892     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20140105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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