Novel RNA structural features of an alternatively splicing group II intron from Clostridium tetani

RNA

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 855-866

  McNeil, Bonnie A ^a   Zimmerly, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ribozyme; Self splicing; Surface layer protein

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; RIBOZYME; SELF SPLICING RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUP II INTRON; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPLICING DEFECT;

BACTERIA; RIBOZYME; SELF-SPLICING; SURFACE LAYER PROTEIN;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; EXONS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 84901449252     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.042440.113     Document Type: Article

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