Monitoring of the cooperative unfolding of the sunY group I intron of bacteriophage T4: The active form of the sunY ribozyme is stabilized by multiple interactions with 3′ terminal intron components

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 331-346

  Jaeger, Luc ^a,b   Westhof, Eric ^a   Michel, François ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Group I intron; Ribozyme activation; RNA folding; Self splicing; Tertiary interaction

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; INTRON; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BASE SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0027433710     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1993.1590     Document Type: Article

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