Evaluating group I intron catalytic efficiency in mammalian cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 6479-6487

  Long, Meredith B ^a   Sullenger, Bruce A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA;

MAMMALIA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0032866071     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.10.6479     Document Type: Article

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