Rules for RNA recognition of GNRA tetraloops deduced by vitro selection: Comparison with in vivo evolution

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3289-3302

  Costa, Maria ^a   Michel, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

GNRA terminal loops; In vitro selection; Molecular evolution; RNA tertiary interactions; Self splicing introns

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, CATALYTIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030959348     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3289     Document Type: Article

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