A small nucleolar RNA requirement for site-specific ribose methylation of rRNA in Xenopus
Tycowski K, Smith C, Shu M, Steitz J. A small nucleolar RNA requirement for site-specific ribose methylation of rRNA in Xenopus. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1996, 93: 14480-14485. PMID: 8962077, PMCID: PMC26158, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.25.14480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) speciesSite-specific ribose methylationXenopus oocyte systemSnoRNA speciesSnoRNA genesRibose methylationVertebrate cellsRNA speciesMultiple homologsSnoRNA stabilityRRNASnoRNAsOocyte systemRNA requirementsXenopusXenopus oocytesFibrillarinMethylationSpeciesOocytesVertebratesHomologCloningGenesTranscriptsA mammalian gene with introns instead of exons generating stable RNA products
Tycowski K, Shu M, Steitz J. A mammalian gene with introns instead of exons generating stable RNA products. Nature 1996, 379: 464-466. PMID: 8559254, DOI: 10.1038/379464a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-coding genesRibosomal subunit assemblyRibosomal RNA transcriptionSmall nucleolar RNAsMammalian genesSnoRNA genesEukaryotic cellsProtein codingMature rRNANucleolar RNAsHost genesSubunit assemblyDifferent intronsRNA transcriptionRNA productsExtensive complementarityIntronsGenesSnoRNAsExonsRNARRNATranscriptionPolysomesMaturation1