2000
Determinants for cap trimethylation of the U2 small nuclear RNA are not conserved between Trypanosoma brucei and higher eukaryotic organisms
Günzl A, Bindereif A, Ullu E, Tschudi C. Determinants for cap trimethylation of the U2 small nuclear RNA are not conserved between Trypanosoma brucei and higher eukaryotic organisms. Nucleic Acids Research 2000, 28: 3702-3709. PMID: 11000261, PMCID: PMC110770, DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.19.3702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceBinding SitesCell LineConserved SequenceGuanosineMethylationMolecular Sequence DataMutationNucleic Acid ConformationPrecipitin TestsPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidRibonucleoproteins, Small NuclearRNA CapsRNA, ProtozoanRNA, Small NuclearTransfectionTrypanosoma brucei bruceiConceptsCap trimethylationRibonucleoprotein particleEukaryotic organismsU2 snRNATrypanosoma bruceiU2 small nuclear RNA genesCap structureProtist parasite Trypanosoma bruceiSmall nuclear RNA genesCommon proteinsU2 small nuclear RNANuclear RNA genesHigher eukaryotic organismsRNA polymerase IIRNA polymerase IIISmall nuclear RNAMutant U2 snRNAsSet of proteinsParasite Trypanosoma bruceiSpliceosomal snRNPsRNP assemblyNuclear importPolymerase IIRNA genesSequence motifsCotranscriptional Cap 4 Formation on the Trypanosoma brucei Spliced Leader RNA*
Mair G, Ullu E, Tschudi C. Cotranscriptional Cap 4 Formation on the Trypanosoma brucei Spliced Leader RNA*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2000, 275: 28994-28999. PMID: 10880518, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004193200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCap 4 structureSL RNAMRNA cap formationT. brucei cellsSpliced leader RNARNA cap structureSpliced leader sequenceTranscriptional arrestTrypanosomatid protozoaBrucei cellsLeader RNACap 4Cotranscriptional mechanismLeader sequenceTrypanosoma bruceiCap structureRNA transcriptsRibonucleoprotein formationAdenosine residuesPosition 117RNATranscriptsCap formationNucleotidesEukaryotes
1995
Accurate Modification of the Trypanosome Spliced Leader Cap Structure in a Homologous Cell-free System (∗)
Ullu E, Tschudi C. Accurate Modification of the Trypanosome Spliced Leader Cap Structure in a Homologous Cell-free System (∗). Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1995, 270: 20365-20369. PMID: 7657609, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.35.20365.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSL RNACap structureCell-free systemRibonucleoprotein particleUnusual cap structureSpliced leader sequenceTrans-splicing activityHomologous cell-free systemRNA maturationTrypanosomatid protozoaNucleotide compositionC. fasciculataLeader sequenceTrypanosoma bruceiCell-free extractsT. bruceiT. cruziRNANucleotides 7Vitro reactionBruceiTwo-dimensional thin-layer chromatographyL. amazonensisLeishmania amazonensisCrithidia