An RNA conformational change between the two chemical steps of group II self-splicing

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3466-3476

  Chanfreau, Guillaume ^a   Jacquier, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Group II introns; Modification interference; Ribozymes; RNA structure; Splicing

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTERIFICATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030015953     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00713.x     Document Type: Article

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