Structural and functional evolution of group II intron ribozymes: Insights from unusual elements carrying a 3′ extension

New Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 204-211

  Tourasse, Nicolas J ^a   Stabell, Fredrik B ^a   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a  

^a School of Pharmacy   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT STRUCTURES; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; GENOMIC DNA; RETROELEMENTS; RIBOZYMES; SELF-SPLICING; SPLICING REACTIONS; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURAL DOMAINS;

BIOINFORMATICS; RNA;

GENES;

GENOMIC DNA; RIBOZYME;

BIOINFORMATICS; CATALYSIS; GENE FUNCTION; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RETROELEMENTS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 77952877153     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2010.02.014     Document Type: Review

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