NMR structure of the 5' splice site in the group IIB intron Sc.ai5γ-conformational requirements for exon-intron recognition

RNA

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-307

  Kruschel, Daniela ^a   Skilandat, Miriam ^a   Sigel, Roland K O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EBS1 IBS1; Group II intron; Mg2+ binding; NMR; Splicing

Indexed keywords

EBS1•IBS1; GROUP II INTRON; MG2+ BINDING; NMR; SPLICING;

BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITES; EXONS; INTRONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84894275408     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.041137.113     Document Type: Article

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