Metal ion catalysis during the exon-ligation step of nuclear pre-mRNA splicing: Extending the parallels between the spliceosome and group II introns

RNA

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-205

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Metal specificity switch; Multipartite assay; Ribozyme; Sulfur substitution

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; METAL ION; RIBOZYME; RNA; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRONS; METALS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, VIRAL; SPLICEOSOMES; SULFUR;

EID: 0033965261     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838200992069     Document Type: Article

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