Group II intron endonucleases use both RNA and protein subunits for recognition of specific sequences in double-stranded DNA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 6835-6848

  Guo, Huatao ^a,d   Zimmerly, Steven ^b,d   Perlman, Philip S ^c   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA endonuclease; Gene therapy; Recombination; Reverse transcriptase; Ribozyme

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; EXON; INTRON; MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; YEAST;

EID: 0030832614     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.22.6835     Document Type: Article

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