Metal ion catalysis during group II intron self-splicing: Parallels with the spliceosome

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1729-1741

  Sontheimer, Erik J ^a,b   Gordon, Peter M ^a   Piccirilli, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3' S phosphorothiolate; Group II intron; Metal ion catalysis; Phosphotransesterification; Ribozyme; Spliceosome

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; RIBOZYME; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLICEOSOME;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033166446     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.13.1729     Document Type: Article

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