A tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase recognizes a conserved tRNA-like structural motif in the group I intron catalytic core

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1135-1145

  Caprara, Mark G ^a   Lehnert, Valerie ^b   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a   Westhof, Eric ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; INTRON; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0030582766     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81807-3     Document Type: Article

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