The architectural organization and mechanistic function of group II intron structural elements

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-308

  Qin, Peter Zhifeng ^a   Pyle, Anna Marie ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

BINDING SITE; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032103821     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80062-6     Document Type: Article

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