Specific RNA self-cleavage in coconut cadang cadang viroid: Potential for a role in rolling circle replication

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 418-429

  Liu, Ying Hong ^a   Symons, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catalytic RNA; Ribozyme; Rolling circle replication; Viroid processing

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; VIROID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; COCOS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; RNA; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SPERMIDINE; VIROIDS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031945994     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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