Selection in vitro of novel ribozymes from a partially randomized U2 and U6 snRNA library

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2637-2650

  Tuschl, Thomas ^a   Sharp, Phillip A ^a   Bartel, David P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro selection; Reverse transcriptase; Ribozyme; RNA branch; SnRNA

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESTERIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA SPLICING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHIMERA; EXONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032079365     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.9.2637     Document Type: Article

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