Self-assembly of a Group I intron active site from its component tertiary structural domains

RNA

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 36-45

  Doudna, Jennifer A ^a,b   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA; RNA, RECOMBINANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; INTRONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0029258956     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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