Influence of specific mutations on the thermal stability of the td group I intron in vitro and on its splicing efficiency in vivo: A comparative study

RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 947-958

  Brion, Philippe ^a,b   Schroeder, Renée ^b   Michel, François ^a   Westhof, Eric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Vienna Biocenter   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cooperative folding; Group I intron; Secondary structure; Tertiary structure; UV melting

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA; RNA SPLICING; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032991584     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838299990477     Document Type: Article

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