Smaller, faster ribozymes reveal the catalytic core of Neurospora VS RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-224

  Rastogi, Toolika ^a   Collins, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catalytic RNA; Mitochondrial plasmid; Mutational analysis; RNA structure; Self cleavage

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DELETION MUTANT; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

NEUROSPORA;

EID: 0032571266     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1623     Document Type: Article

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