A group II intron-encoded maturase functions preferentially In Cis and requires both the reverse transcriptase and X domains to promote RNA splicing

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-231

  Cui, Xiaoxia ^a   Matsuura, Manabu ^a   Wang, Qin ^a   Ma, Hongwen ^a   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

DI DVI, intron RNA domains I VI; E1, E2, exon 1, exon 2; EBS, exon binding site; FACS, fluorescence activated cell sorter; GFP, green fluorescent protein; HIV 1, human immunodeficiency virus type I; retrotransposon; ribozyme; RNA protein interaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT A PROTEIN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT B PROTEIN; PROTEIN X; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENZYME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INTRON; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 2942605839     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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