ISOLATION OF A COMPLEMENTARY-DNA THAT ENCODES THE MAMMALIAN SPLICING FACTOR SC35

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FU, XD
MANIATIS, T
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[1] Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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10.1126/science.1373910
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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The mammalian splicing factor SC35 is required for the first step in the splicing reaction and for spliceosome assembly. The cloning and characterization of a complementary DNA encoding this protein revealed that it is a member of a family of splicing factors that includes mammalian SF2/ASF. This family of proteins is characterized by the presence of a ribonucleoprotein (RNP)-type RNA binding motif and a carboxyl-terminal serine-arginine-rich (SR) domain. A search of the DNA sequence database revealed that the thymus-specific exon (E(T)) of the c-myb proto-oncogene is encoded on the antisense strand of the SC35 gene.
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