Spliceozymes: Ribozymes that remove introns from pre-mRNAs in trans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Amini, Zhaleh N ^a   Olson, Karen E ^a   Müller, Ulrich F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RIBOZYME; SPLICEOZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAT GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXON; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME; TETRAHYMENA; GENETICS;

INTRONS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, CATALYTIC; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 84904267159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101932     Document Type: Article

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