Spliceosomal snRNA Pseudouridylation

DNA and RNA Modification Enzymes: Structure, Mechanism, Function and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 461-474

  Karijolich, John ^a   Huang, Chao ^a   Yu, Yi Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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