Identification of structural elements critical for inter-domain interactions in a group II self-splicing intron

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2945-2954

  Jestin, Jean Luc ^b   Dème, Elise ^a   Jacquier, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalytic RNA; Group II introns; Modification interference; Ribozyme; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRON; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0343742528     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2945     Document Type: Article

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