Naegleria nucleolar introns contain two group I ribozymes with different functions in RNA splicing and processing

RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 710-720

  Einvik, Christer ^a   Decatur, Wayne A ^b   Embley, T Martin ^c   Vogt, Volker M ^b   Johansen, Steinar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group I intron; Ribosomal DNA; Ribozyme; RNA circles; rRNA processing; Self splicing

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; INTRON; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLIZATION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC;

DIDYMIUM; NAEGLERIA;

EID: 0030760922     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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