A factor related to pseudouridine synthases is required for chloroplast group II intron trans-splicing in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 6481-6490

  Perron, Karl ^a   Goldschmidt Clermont, Michel ^a   Rochaix, Jean David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Chloroplast; Group II intron; psaA; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; MESSENGER RNA; PSEUDOURIDINE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE; INTRON; MEMBRANE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXONS; HYDRO-LYASES; INTRONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0033571587     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.22.6481     Document Type: Article

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