Structure and assembly of group I introns

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 324-330

  Woodson, Sarah A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; GUANOSINE; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME;

BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 20444496805     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.05.007     Document Type: Review

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