Antibiotic-induced oligomerisation of group I intron RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-61

  Wank, Herbert ^a   Schroeder, Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antibiotic induction; Catalytic RNA; Evolution; Group I introns; Intron ligation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; TUBERACTINOMYCIN; VIOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE;

PROKARYOTA; T4 PHAGE; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0029930550     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0233     Document Type: Article

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