2008
Minor-class splicing occurs in the nucleus of the Xenopus oocyte
Friend K, Kolev NG, Shu MD, Steitz JA. Minor-class splicing occurs in the nucleus of the Xenopus oocyte. RNA 2008, 14: 1459-1462. PMID: 18567814, PMCID: PMC2491479, DOI: 10.1261/rna.1119708.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall nuclear ribonucleoproteinMinor class intronsU12-type splicingXenopus oocytesU12-dependent intronsNuclear envelope breakdownCertain eukaryotesMinor spliceosomeVertebrate cellsSplicing substrateNuclear compartmentNuclear ribonucleoproteinRNA intronsAccurate splicingEnvelope breakdownSplicingIntronsCytoplasmOocytesEukaryotesSpliceosomeMeiosisRibonucleoproteinNucleusSmall fraction
1997
A new method for detecting sites of 2'-O-methylation in RNA molecules.
Yu YT, Shu MD, Steitz JA. A new method for detecting sites of 2'-O-methylation in RNA molecules. RNA 1997, 3: 324-31. PMID: 9056769, PMCID: PMC1369484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA moleculesEukaryotic ribosomal RNALong RNA moleculesSpecific rRNARibosomal RNAModification sitesRRNAMethylationCell nucleoliChimeric oligonucleotideSnoRNAsRNase H cleavagePrecursor moleculesRRNA transportSitesMoleculesRNANucleotidesCytoplasmNucleoliResiduesCleavageOligonucleotideH cleavageNucleus