Crystal structure of a self-splicing group I intron with both exons

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6995, 2004, Pages 45-50

  Adams, Peter L ^a   Stahley, Mary R ^a   Kosek, Anne B ^a   Wang, Jimin ^a   Strobel, Scott A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; PHOSPHATES; RNA; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EXONS; SELF-SPLICING GROUP I INTRON;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOZYME;

RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXON; INTRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; AZOARCUS; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AZOARCUS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EXONS; INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 3042848954     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02642     Document Type: Article

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