A tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase suppresses structural defects in the two major helical domains of the group I intron catalytic core

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-104

  Myers, Christopher A ^a   Wallweber, Gerald J ^a   Rennard, Rachel ^a   Kemel, Yelena ^a   Caprara, Mark G ^a   Mohr, Georg ^a   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage T4; Catalytic RNA; Neurospora crassa; Ribozyme; RNA splicing

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRON; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0030595381     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0501     Document Type: Article

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