A kinetically efficient form of the Chlamydomonas self-splicing ribosomal RNA precursor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 967-971

  Kuo, Tai Chih ^a   Herrin, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; Chlamydomonas; Chloroplast; Group I intron; Kinetics; RNA folding; Self splicing

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; INTRON; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0034647777     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3047     Document Type: Article

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