Domains 2 and 3 interact to form critical elements of the group II intron active site

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-209

  Fedorova, Olga ^a   Mitros, Therese ^b   Pyle, Anna Marie ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Group II intron; Ribozyme; RNA folding

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0038799763     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00594-1     Document Type: Article

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