Crystal structure of a eukaryotic group II intron lariat

Nature

Volumn 514, Issue 7521, 2014, Pages 193-197

  Robart, Aaron R ^a   Chan, Russell T ^a   Peters, Jessica K ^a   Rajashankar, Kanagalaghatta R ^b   Toor, Navtej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Argonne National Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BROWN ALGA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETICS; INTRON; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHAEOPHYTA; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 84908347683     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13790     Document Type: Article

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