Representation of the secondary and tertiary structure of group I introns

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 273-280

  Cechu, Thomas R ^a   Damberger, Simon H ^a   Guteli, Robin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANABAENA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; INTRON; RNA SPLICING; TETRAHYMENA;

ANABAENA; ANIMAL; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING SITES; INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PLANT; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, VIRAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0028441183     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0594-273     Document Type: Article

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