Structural requirement for Mg2+ binding in the group I intron core

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-238

  Rangan, Prashanth ^a   Woodson, Sarah A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium phase diagram; Group I ribozyme; Metal ions; RNA folding; RNA stability

Indexed keywords

CATION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL ION; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBOZYME; TERBIUM; TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; MAGNESIUM; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE INTERACTION; INTRON; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SPLICING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXON; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AZOARCUS;

AZOARCUS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EXONS; INTRONS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER, ILE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038737980     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00430-3     Document Type: Article

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