Two conserved structural components, A-rich bulge and P4 XJ6/7 base-triples, in activating the group I ribozymes

Genes to Cells

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1205-1215

  Ikawa, Yoshiya ^a   Yoshimura, Takeshi ^a   Hara, Hidemi ^a   Shiraishi, Hideaki ^a   Inoue, Tan ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA, CATALYTIC; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0036919546     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2002.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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