The effect of long-range loop-loop interactions on folding of the Tetrahymena self-splicing RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 955-965

  Pan, Jie ^a   Woodson, Sarah A ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic RNA; Group I intron; Kissing loop; RNA folding

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; TETRAHYMENA;

PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0033544723     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3298     Document Type: Article

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