The survival motor neuron gene smn-1 interacts with the U2AF large subunit gene uaf-1 to regulate Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and motor functions

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1148-1160

  Gao, Xiaoyang ^a   Teng, Yanling ^a   Luo, Jintao ^a   Huang, Liange ^a   Li, Min ^b   Zhang, Zhuohua ^a   Ma, Yong Chao ^c   Ma, Long ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

SMA; SMN; Smn 1; U2AF large subunit; Uaf 1

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR; SPLICING FACTOR U2AF; UAF-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DELETION MUTANT; EXON SKIPPING; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTRON; LIFESPAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; RNA SPLICING; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; U2AF LARGE SUBUNIT GENE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84921765911     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.36100     Document Type: Article

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