Structural insight into the mechanism of stabilization of the 7SK small nuclear RNA by LARP7

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3373-3388

  Uchikawa, Emiko ^a,b,c   Natchiar, Kundhavai S ^a,b,c   Han, Xiao ^b,d,e,f   Proux, Florence ^b,d,e   Roblin, Pierre ^g,h   Zhang, Elodie ^b,d,e   Durand, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Klaholz, Bruno P ^a,b,c   Dock Bregeon, Anne Catherine ^b,d,e  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f B326 Science Building   (China)

^g SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^h CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LA ANTIGEN; LA RELATED PROTEIN 7; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA 7SK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE; LARP7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE M2; RRM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA HAIRPIN; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA STABILITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; URIDINE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84941599398     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv173     Document Type: Article

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