RNA molecules with conserved catalytic cores but variable peripheries fold along unique energetically optimized pathways

RNA

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1589-1603

  Mitra, Somdeb ^a   Laederach, Alain ^b   Golden, Barbara L ^c   Altman, Russ B ^d   Brenowitz, Michael ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group I introns; Kinetic intermediates; Ribozymes; RNA folding; Structural homology

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL GROUP; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; INTRON; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RHODOCYCLACEAE; RNA, CATALYTIC; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 79960466968     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2694811     Document Type: Article

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