Self-splicing of a group I intron reveals partitioning of native and misfolded RNA populations in yeast

RNA

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2149-2159

  Jackson, Scott A ^a,c   Koduvayur, Sujatha ^a,d   Woodson, Sarah A ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastable structure; Pre rRNA processing; RNA folding; RNA stability

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRON; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE; TETRAHYMENA;

SACCHAROMYCETALES; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 33845243338     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.184206     Document Type: Article

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