Linking the branchpoint helix to a newly found receptor allows lariat formation by a group II intron

EMBO Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3040-3051

  Li, Cheng Fang ^a,b   Costa, Maria ^a   Michel, François ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

allosteric ribozyme; group II intron; lariat branchpoint; self splicing; spliceosome

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EXON; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLICEOSOME;

INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POINT MUTATION; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, FUNGAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 79961030006     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.214     Document Type: Article

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