Stem–loop 4 of U1 snRNA is essential for splicing and interacts with the U2 snRNP-specific SF3A1 protein during spliceosome assembly

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2518-2531

  Sharma, Shalini ^a,b   Wongpalee, Somsakul Pop ^b   Vashisht, Ajay ^c   Wohlschlegel, James A ^c   Black, Douglas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene expression; Pre mRNA splicing; Ribonucleoprotein; RNA protein interaction; snRNA; Spliceosome

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PROTEIN SF3A1; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SF3A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; U1 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U2 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 84910664664     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.248625.114     Document Type: Article

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