Group I-like ribozymes with a novel core organization perform obligate sequential hydrolytic cleavages at two processing sites

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 530-541

  Einvik, Christer ^a   Nielsen, Henrik ^b   Westhof, Eric ^c   Michel, François ^d   Johansen, Steinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Didymium; Group I intron; Mobile intron; Naegleria; Ribozyme; RNA processing; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; INTRON; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HYDROLYSIS; INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYXOMYCETES; NAEGLERIA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DIDYMIUM; EUKARYOTA; NAEGLERIA;

EID: 0031978817     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838298971758     Document Type: Article

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