The group II intron ribonucleoprotein precursor is a large, loosely packed structure

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2845-2854

  Huang, Tao ^a   Shaikh, Tanvir R ^a   Gupta, Kushol ^b   Contreras Martin, Lydia M ^a   Grassucci, Robert A ^c   Van Duyne, Gregory D ^b   Frank, Joachim ^c   Belfort, Marlene ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CHITIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NISIN; NUCLEOPHILE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EXON; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE DELETION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRON; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETROPOSON; RNA SPLICING; SEDIMENTATION;

INTRONS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, CATALYTIC;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 79954624208     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1202     Document Type: Article

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