1996
A 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
1995
ENHANCED PERSPECTIVE: Small RNA Chaperones for Ribosome Biogenesis
Steitz J, Tycowski K. ENHANCED PERSPECTIVE: Small RNA Chaperones for Ribosome Biogenesis. Science 1995, 270: 1626-1626. PMID: 7502072, DOI: 10.1126/science.270.5242.1626.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
1993
A small nucleolar RNA is processed from an intron of the human gene encoding ribosomal protein S3.
Tycowski KT, Shu MD, Steitz JA. A small nucleolar RNA is processed from an intron of the human gene encoding ribosomal protein S3. Genes & Development 1993, 7: 1176-1190. PMID: 8319909, DOI: 10.1101/gad.7.7a.1176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBase SequenceCell NucleolusCell-Free SystemConserved SequenceElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelHeLa CellsHumansIntronsMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid ConformationRestriction MappingRibosomal ProteinsRNA PrecursorsRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, Small NuclearSequence Analysis, RNAUracil NucleotidesConceptsSmall nucleolar RNAsNucleolar RNAsRibosomal protein S3 geneNuclear RNA polymerasesSingle-copy geneSingle primary transcriptRibosomal protein S3Secondary structure modelStem-loop structureVertebrate cellsNucleolar proteinsProtein S3Transcription signalsHuman genesRNA polymerasePrimary transcriptConserved sequencesS3 geneNucleolar snRNASame strandS3 mRNANucleotides downstreamMature endNucleolar componentsIntron 1