Distribution of rRNA introns in the three-dimensional structure of the ribosome

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-52

  Jackson, Scott A ^a   Cannone, Jamie J ^b   Lee, Jung C ^b   Gutell, Robin R ^b   Woodson, Sarah A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group I II introns; Intron transposition; Reverse splicing; Ribosomal RNA; Sequence database

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SOLVENT; TRANSFER RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME;

ARCHAEA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0036395090     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00895-1     Document Type: Article

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