Modified nucleotides at the 5′ end of human U2 snRNA are required for spliceosomal E-complex formation

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1925-1933

  Dönmez, Gizem ^a   Hartmuth, Klaus ^a   Lührmann, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

E complex; Modified nucleotides; mRNA splicing; Pseudouridine; Ribose methylation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; METHYL GROUP; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOURIDINE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; VERTEBRATE;

BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PSEUDOURIDINE; RNA CAPS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9344271506     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.7186504     Document Type: Article

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