Suppressors of cis-acting splicing-deficient mutations that affect the ribozyme core of a group II intron

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 537-547

  Robineau, Sylviane ^a   Bergantino, Elisabetta ^b   Carignani, Giovanna ^b   Michel, François ^a   Netter, Pierre ^a,c  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b Dipartimento di Chimica Biologica   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Cooperative folding; Group II intron; Mitochondrial splicing; Ribozyme genetics; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031552363     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0872     Document Type: Article

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