In vitro selection of RNase P RNA reveals optimized catalytic activity in a highly conserved structural domain

RNA

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1179-1188

  Frank, Daniel N ^a   Ellington, Andrew E ^b   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

phylogeny; ribozyme; RNA processing; tRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE P;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, TRANSFER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029913930     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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