2008
Conserved motifs in both CPSF73 and CPSF100 are required to assemble the active endonuclease for histone mRNA 3′‐end maturation
Kolev NG, Yario TA, Benson E, Steitz JA. Conserved motifs in both CPSF73 and CPSF100 are required to assemble the active endonuclease for histone mRNA 3′‐end maturation. EMBO Reports 2008, 9: 1013-1018. PMID: 18688255, PMCID: PMC2572124, DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceCell LineCleavage And Polyadenylation Specificity FactorConserved SequenceEndonucleasesEnzyme ActivationHeLa CellsHistonesHumansMolecular Sequence DataProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein SubunitsRNA 3' End ProcessingRNA PrecursorsRNA, MessengerConceptsPre-messenger RNAPolyadenylation specificity factorMammalian proteinsRNase ZConserved motifsHistone mRNASpecificity factorEndonucleolytic cleavageActive endonucleaseEndonuclease activityMBL familyComplex machineryMessenger RNAPoint mutationsCPSF73CPSF100Process of maturationMaturation processRNAProteinMotifMRNAMaturationEukaryotesCleavage
1994
Requirement for Intron-Encoded U22 Small Nucleolar RNA in 18S Ribosomal RNA Maturation
Tycowski K, Shu M, Steitz J. Requirement for Intron-Encoded U22 Small Nucleolar RNA in 18S Ribosomal RNA Maturation. Science 1994, 266: 1558-1561. PMID: 7985025, DOI: 10.1126/science.7985025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRibosomal RNASmall RNAsProtein-coding gene transcriptsRibosomal RNA maturationSmall nucleolar RNAsRNA maturationVertebrate cellsCellular functionsNucleolar RNAsHost genesIntron fragmentGene transcriptsRNAXenopus oocytesU22IntronsGenesTranscriptsNucleoliOocytesMaturationTargetingCellsFragmentsDepletion
1988
snRNP mediators of 3′ end processing: functional fossils?
Mowry K, Steitz J. snRNP mediators of 3′ end processing: functional fossils? Trends In Biochemical Sciences 1988, 13: 447-451. PMID: 2908086, DOI: 10.1016/0968-0004(88)90220-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expression apparatusMRNA 3' end formationHistone mRNA 3' end formationEukaryotic messenger RNAsRNA processing reactionsRNA recognitionEnd formationRNA moleculesEnd processingProcessing reactionsBase pairsEarly evolutionMessenger RNASnRNPsCurrent understandingMajor playersPolyadenylationSplicingRNAFossilsSequenceMaturationMediators
1982
Small RNPs in eucaryotic cells
Hendrick J, Mount S, Rinke J, Wolin S, Rosa M, Gottlieb E, Lerner M, Steitz J. Small RNPs in eucaryotic cells. 1982, 321-328. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-06343-7_44.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall nuclear RNAAbundant small nuclear RNAsRNA-protein complexesEukaryotic cellsSmall RNAsSmall ribonucleoproteinSubcellular locationNuclear RNARNA componentU1 snRNPsEucaryotic cellsComponent RNARibonucleoproteinRNP particlesRNAInitial discoveryProteinPartial characterizationState of maturationSnRNPsCellsSystemic lupus erythematosusDiversityMaturationMetabolism