Spliceosome activation: U4 is the path, stem I is the goal, and Prp8 is the keeper. Let's cheer for the ATPase Brr2!

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Published in Genes Dev on November 15, 2012

Authors

Klaus H Nielsen1, Jonathan P Staley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.

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