Functionally distinct nucleic acid binding sites for a group I intron encoded RNA maturase/DNA homing endonuclease

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-251

  Chatterjee, Piyali ^a   Brady, Kristina L ^a   Solem, Amanda ^a,c   Ho, Yugong ^b,d   Caprara, Mark G ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic RNA; Group I introns; Mobile genetic elements; RNA maturases; RNA binding proteins

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MATURASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN I ANII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; EXPERIMENT; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; INTRON; MATURATION; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 0038737981     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00426-1     Document Type: Article

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