title: RNA splicing in lower eukaryotes.
abstract: Recently, cis-acting elements and trans-acting RNA and protein factors necessary for splicing nuclear pre-mRNAs, group II introns or group III introns, have been discovered, and new roles for the splicing factors have been elucidated. Parallels among the pathways for splicing these different classes of introns have been identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Woolford
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Peebles
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics*; D004722:Endoribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D005056:Euglena gracilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D007438:Introns; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism*; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012322:RNA Precursors; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; C034038:mRNA maturase; D004722:Endoribonucleases