Identification and characterization of a short 2′-3′ bond-forming ribozyme

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-13

  Smith, Duncan J ^a   Konarska, Maria M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA catalysis; snRNAs; Splicing

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149086405     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1321909     Document Type: Article

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