Non-Watson Crick base pairs might stabilize RNA structural motifs in ribozymes - A comparative study of group-I intron structures

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 547-555

  Chandrasekhar, K ^a   Malathi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Group I intron; Non canonical base pair; Ribozyme; RNA structure; Tetrahymena thermophila; Wobble base pair

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA;

GENETICS; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE;

TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0141702348     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703330     Document Type: Article

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