Self-splicing of the Tetrahymena intron from mRNA in mammalian cells

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 6491-6500

  Hagen, Moira ^a,b   Cech, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Group I intron; Mammalian cells; mRNA; Ribozyme; RNA splicing; Translation

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; TETRAHYMENA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; CELL LINE; EXONS; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INTRONS; LUCIFERASES; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TETRAHYMENA; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0033570893     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.22.6491     Document Type: Article

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